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Recent Developments in Health Law: UCLA Willed Body Program Comes Under Scrutiny as Companies Sued for the Purchase of Body Parts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Amy Ling
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , Fall 2004 , pp. 532 - 534
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2004

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