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Language matters: the ‘digital twin’ metaphor in health and medicine
- Correspondence to Professor Deborah Lupton, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; d.lupton{at}unsw.edu.au
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Language matters: the ‘digital twin’ metaphor in health and medicine
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- Received April 17, 2021
- Accepted April 19, 2021
- First published May 12, 2021.
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May 21, 2021
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