The Linacre Quarterly Volume 33 | Number 2 Article 14 May 1966 The opP e John XXI International Prize for Medical Ethics Eugene G. Laforet Follow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq Recommended Citation Laforet, Eugene G. (1966) "The opeP John XXI International Prize for Medical Ethics," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 33 : No. 2 , Article 14. Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol33/iss2/14 c The Po e John e tu o p XXI I nterj tional "Th Atti de of the Cath lic Do ­ . c ob e tor Fa ing the Pr l m of· Birth Prize For Medical a e b Ed �s Control" w s r ad at the Du lin es 1958 Dr. EUGENE G. LAFORET congr s in 1954. 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