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Public consultation in bioethics. What's the point of asking the public when they have neither scientific or ethical expertise? / Levitt, Mairi.
In: Health Care Analysis, Vol. 11, No. 1, 03.2003, p. 15-25.

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Levitt, M 2003, 'Public consultation in bioethics. What's the point of asking the public when they have neither scientific or ethical expertise?', Health Care Analysis, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025381828650

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Levitt, M. (2003). Public consultation in bioethics. What's the point of asking the public when they have neither scientific or ethical expertise? Health Care Analysis, 11(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025381828650

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Levitt M. Public consultation in bioethics. What's the point of asking the public when they have neither scientific or ethical expertise? Health Care Analysis. 2003 Mar;11(1):15-25. doi: 10.1023/A:1025381828650

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Levitt, Mairi. / Public consultation in bioethics. What's the point of asking the public when they have neither scientific or ethical expertise?. In: Health Care Analysis. 2003 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 15-25.

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