The Changing Nature of the Professions

Bibliographic Data

ID3758327
AuthorsGeoffrey Vickers (Reading, England, corresponding author)
Year1974
Volume18
Issue2
Pages164-189
Publication date1974-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000276427401800204
OpenAlexW2033289624
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The paper by Sir Geoffrey Vickers leads off this issue because he identifies very cogently what professions have in common and draws important conclusions about education designed to prepare professionals for their roles. His six "dimensions" constitute a prospectus for education, not only for professionals, but for those whose aspirations require similar attributes. He also does us a service by identifying the "multiprofessional profession," a concept which carries with it another idea with which we are concerned: that there is need to deal responsibly with matters that pertain to emerging as well as to traditional professions

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