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  1. Wellesley College, USA

    Jonathan B. Imber (White head Associate Professor of Sociology)

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He is author of Abortion and the Private Practice of Medicineand editor of The Feeling Intellect: Selected Writings of Philip Rieff.He is presently at work on a study of the idea of vocation in three professions: ministering, doctoring, and teaching.

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Imber, J.B. Abortion policy and medical practice. Society 27, 27–34 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02698728

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