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Unnecessary Medicine, An Issue With Major Ethical Implications

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|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2018-0039 | Journal eISSN: 1220-5818 | Journal ISSN: 1220-5818
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 74
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Gabriel Ungureanu, Ioana-Dana Alexa, Maria-Christina Ungureanu, published by Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
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