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Responding to Medical Pluralism in Practice: A Principled Ethical Approach

Jon C. Tilburt and Franklin G. Miller
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2007, 20 (5) 489-494; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.05.060205
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