Scientific evidence and best patient care practices should guide the ethics of Lyme disease activism.

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Published in J Med Ethics on November 21, 2010

Authors

Paul G Auwaerter1, Johan S Bakken, Raymond J Dattwyler, J Stephen Dumler, John J Halperin, Edward McSweegan, Robert B Nadelman, Susan O'Connell, Sunil K Sood, Arthur Weinstein, Gary P Wormser

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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