An evaluation of the determination of attitudes and behaviors of veterinarians from a deontological perspective: Aydın province

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes and behaviors of veterinarians registered in Aydın Chamber of Veterinarians in line with "deontological provisions". For this purpose, a questionnaire based on ethical issues was prepared according to a 5-point Likert scale. To the questions sent to 575 registered members of the Chamber and requested to be answered on a voluntary basis were responded by 82 participants. In the analysis of the data, the Cronbach alpha value was 0.80. In the factor analysis, it was determined that the questions were clustered in 3 factors (F1=wage, F2=professional attitude-behavior and F3=professional organizations). In the analysis, it was determined that the participants thought that veterinarians had negative attitudes about complying with the minimum wage specification, representing the profession and wearing work clothes during working hours (white coat, overalls, operation apron, etc.), professional defamation. On the other hand, it was determined that the participants thought that veterinarians had positive attitudes on issues such as serving according to their labor-price performance, empathizing with patients and their relatives, obeying the rules of prohibition of advertising, and respect for their professional experience. As a result, it was revealed that the concept of professional ethics should be given importance both in the education period and in-service training.