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Psychedelics as Standard of Care? Many Questions Remain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Kurt Rasmussen  and
David E. Olson Open the ORCID record for David E. Olson [Opens in a new window]
Kurt Rasmussen*
Affiliation:
Delix Therapeutics, Inc., Concord, Massachusetts 01742, USA
David E. Olson*
Affiliation:
Delix Therapeutics, Inc., Concord, Massachusetts 01742, USA Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95618, USA
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*Corresponding authors. Email: kurt@delixtherapeutics.com; deolson@ucdavis.edu
*Corresponding authors. Email: kurt@delixtherapeutics.com; deolson@ucdavis.edu
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , October 2022 , pp. 477 - 481
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