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Ho, J. (2007). Is Singapore's Health Care System Congruent with Confucianism?. In: The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 91. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5220-0_17
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