ABSTRACT
Purpose:
to describe the social representation of Speech Therapists’ ethos.
Methods:
qualitative research based on content analysis. The method consisted in focalized interviews to speech therapists from Valparaíso and the Metropolitan regions of Chile.
Results:
the data collected from the interviews was divided into seven categories called: experiences, skills, professional actions, beliefs, values, ethical foundation and professional identity. This information let us see the need the Speech Therapy discipline has to deepen its reflective practice.
Conclusion:
for Speech Therapy to become part of the bioethical discussion and have its own ethic discourse it is necessary to continue developing the reflective practice in order to strengthen the professional ethos.
Keywords:
Ethos; Social Representation; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Ethics; Moral Education