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Do you think is ethical what Partners in Health did in regards to " smuggling" TB treatment into Peru when they were told not to treat people? Why or why not? Explain your answer. -- think about the risks both the doctors and the patients might have endured when moving the treatment from the US to Peru; as well as using it.

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Do you think is ethical what Partners in Health " smuggling" TB treatment into Peru when they were told not to treat people? Why or why not? Explain your answer. -- think about the risks both the doctors and the patients might have endured when moving the treatment from the US to Peru; as well as ...

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