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Contesting Medical Confidentiality: Origins of the Debate in the United States, Britain, and Germany
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Extraordinary Ordinariness: Everyday Heroism in the United States, Germany, and Britain, 1800-2015
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Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Red Dwarf, and Torchwood represent a significant cross section of BBC...