Evoking trust in the nutrition counselor: why should we be trusted?
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| Category | Journal Articles |
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| Abstract |
The virtue of trust is often spoken of as central to the work of dietitians working in nutrition counseling, especially in the context of disordered eating/eating disorders nutrition therapy. Indeed, dietitians are purported to be the most trusted source of information on nutrition and food by professional associations such as Dietitians of Canada. Here trust is explored through educational, relational, and virtue theory in order to elucidate trust's meaning and relevance to dietitians' work and interactions with each other, including the general public. If dietitians are to continue to be trusted during times of skepticism in "expert" knowledge, reflexivity, active contestation, and moral testing in the context of our socio-political milieu need be employed so that we as a profession may respond to clients in respectful, authentic, meaningful ways; practices worthy of our trust. |
| Date | 2005 |
| Publication Title | Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-74 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 1187-7863 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10806-004-3092-3 |
| Language | English |
| Author Address | Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Room 309, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. jgingras@uniserve.com |
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