In children and young people, complex and prolonged dental treatment can sometimes be met with resistance despite previously successful treatment appointments. While this has traditionally been referred to as a ‘loss of cooperation’ or ‘non-compliance’, these children may actually be experiencing ‘...
Among other health professionals, the general dentist may play a crucial role; moreover, it is this professional who takes care of the family’s dental health and is often the one with whom the child has his/her first dental visit. Despite its preventable nature, caries is still one of ...
This included factors such as any prior awareness of the finding or language the family were already familiar with. “You just have to take it on an individual basis because by the time he got to us he knew there was a gene fault in the family.” (clinical geneticist, 25 years practice...
154). This creative synthesis of the individual and the social leads inexorably to the concept of “the social soul.” Here, Royce’s concept of loyalty becomes important because “spontaneous loyalty” gives us insight into a larger reality; it can be exhibited in the family and its clannish...