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Ruth Macklin, Against Relativism: Cultural Diversity and the Search for Ethical Universal in Medicine

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Veatch, R.M. Ruth Macklin, Against Relativism: Cultural Diversity and the Search for Ethical Universal in Medicine. Theor Med Bioeth 22, 391–398 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011897525101

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