Risk, rationality and culpability: Who is really to blame if you die of a heart attack?

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Ruston, A. 2009. Risk, rationality and culpability: Who is really to blame if you die of a heart attack?
AuthorsRuston, A.
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Year2009
ConferenceAmerican Canadian Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
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