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Maternal-fetal conflict: A role for the healthcare ethics comittee

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Mitchell, J.J. Maternal-fetal conflict: A role for the healthcare ethics comittee. HEC Forum 6, 93–107 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01463223

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