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Currents in Contemporary Ethics: Pediatric Obesity: Ethical Dilemmas in Treatment and Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Heather L. Hinds
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , Fall 2005 , pp. 599 - 602
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2005

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