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Ethics of limb disposal: dignity and the medical waste stockpiling scandal
- Correspondence to Dr Esmée Hanna, Institute of Allied Health Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK; esmee.hanna{at}dmu.ac.uk
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Ethics of limb disposal: dignity and the medical waste stockpiling scandal
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- Received May 3, 2019
- Revised June 12, 2019
- Accepted July 7, 2019
- First published July 29, 2019.
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September 09, 2019
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