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Precision and the Rules of Prioritization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2013

JOHN MCMILLAN ,
TONY HOPE  and
DOMINIC WILKINSON
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 336 - 345
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