The article discusses crucial role of ethics in dental hygiene education, and the ethical responsibilities of students such as reporting clinical findings to the patient and providing accurate assessment of their dental condition. It highlights that ethical issues related to patients, documentation ...
This article reports the findings of a survey-based study conducted in 2006 to determine graduating dental hygiene students' attitudes toward ethical dilemmas in eight areas of practice: substandard care, overtreatment of patients, scope of practice, fraud, confidentiality, impaired professionals, sexual...
Solving Ethical Challenges as Future Dental Hygiene Professionals Journal of the California Dental Hygienists' AssociationKhodor, Mira
(r) Unsanitary or unsafe office conditions, as determined by the customary practice and standards of the dental hygiene profession. 9Standard precautions were created to protect the patient and the healthcare provider. Standard Precautions are the minimum infection prevention practice that applies to al...
Due to transportation issues, Mr. Jones had been unable to keep previous appointments for his cleanings, so it had been about a year and a half since his last appointment. Although Mr. Jones has a difficult time performing proper oral hygiene at home because of the pain in his hands, he...
The Dental Practice Board issues advice on requirements for dental systems and, before purchasing a system, dentists must ensure that the manu- facturer complies with the guidance. In view of the fact that patients have the right of access to their records, derogatory comments about the patient ...
AL Dumitrescu,L Zetu,S Teslaru - 《International Journal of Dental Hygiene》 被引量: 12发表: 2011年 AIDS-related ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals The principles of (1) professional responsibility, (2) competence, and (3) confidentiality are elucidated with reference to tr...
Respect for persons and their autonomy Maximizing benefits = Beneficence Minimizing harms = Nonmaleficence Asks how can we do the most good and the least amount of harm. It considers how one would directly help others and act in their best interests, while “doing no...
This paper describes ethical perception in dental hygiene students. Questionnaire surveys were conducted for 374 in dental hygiene students. For statistical analyses of collected data, the multiple linear regression were adopted. Demand as necessity of dental ethics education, clinical practice exercise, ...
Solving ethical dilemmas in dental hygiene practiceOrtiz, Marcy RDH BA