The professional secret. Definitions and ethical insights

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Published: 1995-06-15

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Zuleta S., G. L. (1995). The professional secret. Definitions and ethical insights. Medicina UPB, 14(1), 53-62. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/4814
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Guillermo León Zuleta S.
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Abstract

The author describes the topic beginning with the meaning of "Intimacy" and its implications. ¿Why does a secret become and obligation? He examines the different types of secret: natural, promised, confidential and sacramental and the duties that come from them. Finally, he explains different situations in which the secret looses its strict obligation.

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Intimacy, professional secret, ethics

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Author Biography

Guillermo León Zuleta S., Pontifical Bolivarian University

Graduate in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. Doctor in Bioethics, Louis Pasteur Institute in Paris. Bioethics Program Coordinator Faculty of Medicine U.P.B.

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