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[jasonlulu_2000]

There is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust.Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you."

Can you paraphrase the underlined sentence? Especially "to trust" .


Thanks

[pugachevV]

This is a poorly worded piece. It is difficult to understand what the author means. I understand your confusion about "to trust" in particular.


So, given the awkward use of the language, the author may be trying to say:-
The public has every right to be informed about professional deception, otherwise such practices are likely to become endemic. In the fields of law, medicine, government and the social sciences, in particular, deception is not acceptable.