The Sociological Study on the Professional Oral Care Structure in Postwar Japan

在世纪，医护人员的数量激增，我们的身体越来越多地受到来自许多专业的各种医护人员的照顾，而不仅仅是医生。本研究以战后日本的一个牙科医师专业项目为例，探讨了医疗服务提供者之间的跨专业关系对专业化的影响。案例研究表明，不仅牙科医生和专职人员之间的等级秩序，但医疗保健提供者之间的专业冲突一直定义的牙科医生的专业项目。

The number of healthcare workers has proliferated in the 20th century, and our bodies have been increasingly looked after by various health workers belonging to many specialties, not only doctors. This study explores the influence of the inter-professional relationships between the health-care providers on the professionalization, using the case study of a dental hygienists' professional project in postwar Japan. The case study demonstrates that not only the hierarchical order between dentists and allied professionals but the inter-professional conflicts among health-care providers have been defining the professional project of dental hygienists.