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The quest for professional recognition.

V R Kotlarz
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the progress clinical laboratory science has made toward achieving professional status. DATA SOURCES: Books, professional journals. STUDY SELECTION: Not applicable. DATA EXTRACTION: Survey of literature. DATA SYNTHESIS: Characteristics of clinical laboratory science as a profession were compared to a model of professionalization developed by Houle to assess the extent to which clinical laboratory science has acquired and refined selected attributes of a profession. CONCLUSION: Although clinical laboratory science has attained some of the characteristics associated with a profession, several critical issues must be addressed before it can achieve full professional status and recognition.

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V R Kotlarz. The quest for professional recognition.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10177212/

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