The principle of double effect as a guide for medical decision-making
β Scribed by Georg Spielthenner
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-7423
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