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Ethical Expertise, Maternal Thinking, and the Work of Clinical Ethicists

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Parker, L.S. (2005). Ethical Expertise, Maternal Thinking, and the Work of Clinical Ethicists. In: Rasmussen, L. (eds) Ethics Expertise. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 87. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3820-8_10

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