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Professional Responsibility: Conceptual Rescue and Plea for Reform

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  • Sylvie Delacroix

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For as long as knowledge asymmetry continues to be deemed the defining characteristic of the lay-professional relationship, the courts’ delineation of obligations meant to address lay vulnerability will too frequently end up compounding the layperson’s non-epistemic, ‘sense of self’ vulnerability. The proposed re-conceptualisation of professional responsibility calls for reform on several fronts: among these, an expanded ‘duty to consult’ (beyond do-not-resuscitate-orders) is uniquely placed as a justiciable criterion capable of addressing such a situational, ‘sense of self’ vulnerability.

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  • Sylvie Delacroix, 2022. "Professional Responsibility: Conceptual Rescue and Plea for Reform," Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 42(1), pages 1-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxjlsj:v:42:y:2022:i:1:p:1-26.
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