Evaluation of Dentists' Attitudes Towards Principles of Professional Ethics.
Attitude
Dentists
Ethics
Medical ethics
Professional ethics
Journal
International dental journal
ISSN: 1875-595X
Titre abrégé: Int Dent J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0374714
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
received:
21
05
2022
revised:
02
02
2023
accepted:
09
02
2023
medline:
10
7
2023
pubmed:
17
3
2023
entrez:
16
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this research was to investigate attitudes towards principles of professional ethics (PPE) amongst Iranian dentists working in Isfahan, Iran. This pilot cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 273 dentists in Isfahan, Iran. A validated, comprehensive questionnaire including principles of respect for patient autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice was used to evaluate dentistry professional ethics aspects. Age, gender, marital status, type of graduate university, level of education, specialised field of study, work experience, workplace, and participation in ethics workshops and courses were registered from participants. Total and domains scores of used questionnaires were calculated and compared across categories of study participants' characteristics. Mean ± SD age of participants was 35.4 ± 10.7 years, and 57% were female; about 73% graduated from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, and 65% were general dentists. The attitude total score of dentists towards PPE was 133.02 ± 13.16. Mean total score of the questionnaire and its domains was different significantly (P < .05) across categories of level of education, marital status, and passing the ethical courses. The attitude of dentists towards PPE was rated at a good level. However, improvement in attitudes of some specific subgroups such as general dentists and newly graduated ones is needed. Conducting specific workshops about professional ethics and incorporating these principles into university curricula can be beneficial.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36925393
pii: S0020-6539(23)00039-4
doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2023.02.001
pmc: PMC10350594
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
580-586Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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