Commentary: The ethics of forensic work in pandemics - a call for repurposing of duty

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  • Vina Vaswani

Keywords:

COVID-19, Death, Morgue, Mortuary, Pandemic

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Published

2021-08-03

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Vaswani, V. (2021). Commentary: The ethics of forensic work in pandemics - a call for repurposing of duty. Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 8, 87–89. Retrieved from https://rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/508

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Vol. 8 (2021)

Section

Pandemic Praxis

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