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  1. Mariachiara Tallacchini
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  1. Instituut voor Gezondheidsethiek, Universiteit Maastricht, Universiteitssingel 40 (West), NL-6229, ER Maastricht, Germany

    Ruud ter Meulen

  2. Professur f. Medizinethik, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klingsorstrasse 119, D-12203, Berlin, Germany

    Nikola Biller-Andorno

  3. Abt. Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 36, D-37073, Goettingen, Germany

    Christian Lenk

  4. Department of Clinical Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1156, USA

    Reidar K. Lie MD, PhD

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Tallacchini, M. (2005). Beyond Legitimate Science: The Case for Policy-Related Science. In: ter Meulen, R., Biller-Andorno, N., Lenk, C., Lie, R.K. (eds) Evidence-based Practice in Medicine and Health Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27133-3_4

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