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Apologies in medicine: legal protection is not enough
Stuart McLennan1, Leigh E Rich2, Robert D Truog2
1Institute for Biomedical Ethics (McLennan), Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Health Sciences (Rich), Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga.; Center for Bioethics (Truog), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. s.mclennan@unibas.ch.
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