Ethics, Trust, and the Professions: Philosophical and Cultural Aspects

by Edmund D. Pellegrino, John P. Langan, Robert M. Veatch

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The essays in Ethics, Trust, and the Professions probe the nature of the fiduciary relationship that binds client to lawyer, believer to minister, and patient to doctor. Angles of approach include history, sociology, philosophy, and culture, and their very multiplicity reveals how difficult we find it to formulate a code of ethics which will insure a relationship of trust between the professional and the public.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Pellegrino, Edmund D.	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Langan, John P.	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Veatch, Robert M.	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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The essays in Ethics, Trust, and the Professions probe the nature of the fiduciary relationship that binds client to lawyer, believer to minister, and patient to doctor. Angles of approach include history, sociology, philosophy, and culture, and their very multiplicity reveals how difficult we find it to formulate a code of ethics which will insure a relationship of trust between the professional and the public.

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