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4 - International Issues in the Ethics of Prevention

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Sally M. Hage ,
Jonathan P. Schwartz  and
Sean C. DeMartino
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 63 - 80
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Print publication year: 2016

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