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Dental Hygienist's Ethical Dilemma  

Lee, Sun-Mi (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam Health College)
Kang, Boo-Wol (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam Health Colleg)
Kim, Chang-Hee (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Chungcheong University)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.10, no.4, 2010 , pp. 259-264 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental hygienists on ethical dilemma. The subjects in this study were 356 dental hygienists who worked in dental clinics. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed with a SPSSWIN 14.0 program. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. In relation to awareness of ethical principles, 64.9 percent knew the fact that there were ethical principles to abide by, though they weren't aware of the principles in detail. When they were in ethical dilemma, most of them consulted with their colleagues(84.0%). 2. As to the necessity of ethical education, 86.8 percent felt the need for that. Concerning intention of receiving ethical education, however, as many as 41.6 percent didn't yet have any particular intention about that, and 50.0 percent intended to receive that education. 3. As for influential factors for ethical decision making, hospital policies and decision-making process were most influential(3.50), and fear for a possible loss of job exerted the smallest influence on that(2.49). 4. Regarding the cause of ethical dilemma, they fell into an ethical dilemma the most due to their own professional duties(2.56), followed by patients(2.33) and cooperators(2.28). Their overall dilemma score was 2.39.
Keywords
ethical awareness; ethical dilemma; ethical education; opinion decision;
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