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1 Faculty of Medicine,Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,Mashhad, IR Iran
2 Medical Ethics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Mashhad, Iran. Tel: +985138002388; Email: khajedalueem@mums.ac.ir
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