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In Australia, in recent years, there have been a number of news reports of patients
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Petersen, A., Munsie, M., Tanner, C., MacGregor, C., Brophy, J. (2017). Re-framing ‘Stem Cell Tourism’. In: Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope. Health, Technology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47043-0_8
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