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Letter to the Editor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Howard Mann
Affiliation:
University of Utah
Benjamin Djulbegovic
Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Paul Gold
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2003

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