Clinical Update Naval Dental School National Naval Dental Center Bethesda, Maryland Vol.
Ethics is the study of conduct, moral values, duties, actions, and ends.
A strong, publicly known ethical standard is one of the three key elements making an occupation a profession, the other two being technical skill and philanthropy. Issues include dental good versus total good and patient welfare versus aggregate welfare. Professional Codes of Ethics Hippocratic Oath. Developed about 250 BC, this short oath is found in any unabridged dictionary and has for more than 2,000 years served to distinguish medicine as a true profession. Because of changing world views, new versions have been introduced in recent years.