Doing Harm: Physicians, Enemy Combatants, and Torture.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Maryland medicine : MM : a publication of MEDCHI, the Maryland State Medical Society
دوره 16 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015