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  1. Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Godelieve van Heteren

  2. Trainee in Public Health Medicine, London, UK

    Anthony S. Kessel

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van Heteren, G., Kessel, A.S. Beyond the ‘two-worlds’ perspective in medicine. Health Care Anal 3, 353–357 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197086

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