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The Right to Choose One’s Health

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Clinical Bioethics

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Zatti, P. (2005). The Right to Choose One’s Health. In: Thomasma, D.C., Weisstub, D.N., Kushner, T.K., Viafora, C. (eds) Clinical Bioethics. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3593-4_9

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