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Disruptures in the Dental Ethos: The Birth, Life, & Neoliberal Retirement of Norms in Advertising & Corporatization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2021

Na’eel Cajee
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Abstract

This paper argues that the trends in advertising and corporatization in dentistry since the 1970s have resulted in processes of de-professionalization and de-regulation, respectively.

Keywords

Dental EthicsDentistryAdvertisingNeoliberalismHealthcare
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 49 , Issue 1: Public Sector and Non-Profit Contributions to Drug Development: Historical Scope, Opportunities, and Challenges , Spring 2021 , pp. 77 - 88
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