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Should uterus transplants receive public funding?: An ethics and policy analysis

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Should uterus transplants receive public funding? An ethics and policy analysis. / Williams, Nicola.
Living Donor Organ Transplantation. ed. / Rainer W.G. Gruessner; Enrico Benedetti. 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, 2024. p. 27-32.

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Williams, N 2024, Should uterus transplants receive public funding? An ethics and policy analysis. in RWG Gruessner & E Benedetti (eds), Living Donor Organ Transplantation. 2nd ed. edn, Elsevier, pp. 27-32. <https://shop.elsevier.com/books/living-donor-organ-transplantation/gruessner/978-0-443-23571-9>

APA

Williams, N. (2024). Should uterus transplants receive public funding? An ethics and policy analysis. In R. W. G. Gruessner, & E. Benedetti (Eds.), Living Donor Organ Transplantation (2nd ed. ed., pp. 27-32). Elsevier. https://shop.elsevier.com/books/living-donor-organ-transplantation/gruessner/978-0-443-23571-9

Vancouver

Williams N. Should uterus transplants receive public funding? An ethics and policy analysis. In Gruessner RWG, Benedetti E, editors, Living Donor Organ Transplantation. 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier. 2024. p. 27-32

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Williams, Nicola. / Should uterus transplants receive public funding? An ethics and policy analysis. Living Donor Organ Transplantation. editor / Rainer W.G. Gruessner ; Enrico Benedetti. 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, 2024. pp. 27-32

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