Welie Jos V M
Center for Health Policy and Ethics, and Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA.
J Can Dent Assoc. 2004 Nov;70(10):675-8.
In 2 earlier articles a definition of professionalism was developed, and several specific professional responsibilities were deduced. This third and final article in the series examines whether dentistry qualifies as a profession. On various levels, the professionalism of dentistry is found wanting. However, attaining the status of a profession is a work in progress, which means that each profession will always have some deficiencies. The author concludes that dentistry qualifies as a profession but that it is also exhibiting a trend toward once again becoming a business (as it was before the 19th century). For the sake of honesty with the public, dentistry must make a choice between these 2 models.
在之前的两篇文章中，我们给出了专业精神的定义，并推导出了一些具体的专业职责。本系列的第三篇也是最后一篇文章探讨了牙科是否算得上一门专业。在各个层面上，牙科的专业性都存在不足。然而，获得专业地位是一个持续进行的过程，这意味着每个专业总会存在一些缺陷。作者得出结论，牙科算得上一门专业，但它也呈现出再次沦为一门生意的趋势（就像19世纪之前那样）。为了对公众诚实，牙科必须在这两种模式之间做出选择。
