Ethics briefing

Essex University, in association with Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights, has brought out a timely report highlighting the increasing global criminalisation of the provision of healthcare.1 The report, with a foreword by Professor Dainius Puras, United Nations Special Rapporteur...

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Authors: Brannan, Sophie (Author) ; Campbell, Ruth (Author) ; Davies, Martin (Author) ; English, Veronica (Author) ; Mussell, Rebecca (Author) ; Sheather, C. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2018
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 44, Issue: 9, Pages: 653-654
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