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Professionalism: what is it, why should we have it and how can we achieve it?

Date

Authors

Fricker, John

Kiley, Margaret

Townsend, Grant

Trevitt, Chris

Publisher

Australian Dental Association

Abstract

In this paper we argue that the terms 'profession', 'professional' and 'professionalism' provide us with important insights into the practice of dentistry and the priorities for the continuing development of dentistry as a profession. More significantly,

Keywords

Keywords: Australia; dental education; dentist; dentistry; ethics; human; medical ethics; motivation; note; personnel management; professional competence; professional practice; public relations; satisfaction; self concept; standard; Australia; Dentistry; Dentists; Continuing professional development; Dental practice; Profession; Professionalism

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37679

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Dental Journal

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1834-7819.2010.01306.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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