title: The medical profession as a moral community.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D028661:Complicity; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006291:Health Policy; D006625:Hippocratic Oath; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States