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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The crisis of existential separation in higher education: from instrumental reduction to shared community

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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Pirogov University), Moscow, Russia

ur.liam@nugrom_na

Received: 2025-11-25 Accepted: 2025-11-30 Published online: 2025-12-24
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