OD/HSD: PROFESSION OR FIELD OF PRACTICE?
Over the years of OD/HSD practice, conflict has emerged over the issue of whether or not “we” are a profession. Some have resisted our becoming a profession on such grounds as concern about standardization, barriers to entry, and a shift to valuing the interests of the profession above those of our clients (which has emerged in the history of many other professions, such as law and medicine). On the other hand, some have urged our becoming a profession on such grounds as improving the quality of our practice by establishing procedures for certifying qualification, standards of competence and a code of ethics, and procedures for enforcing both competence and ethical practice.
We prefer a third alternative ...
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