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Book Title: Law of Life and Death
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Death & Dying, Medical Law & Legislation, Health, Abortion & Birth Control, Afterlife & Reincarnation, Science & Technology
Item Height: 0.1 in
Genre: Law, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Author: Elizabeth Price Foley
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
