Dental Ethics at Chairside: Professional Principles and Practical Applications / Edition 2

by David T. Ozar, David J. Sokol

Overview

Every health care practitioner from Hippocrates to our own day has had to deal with questions of ethics in the effort to serve patients properly and well. The dental professional is no different. For nearly a decade, it has had sound ethical reflection on its side in the form of Dental Ethics at Chairside.

In issues ranging from ordinary chairside decision making to HIV/AIDS and ethical business practices, the first edition of this book has guided thousands of dentists, dental hygienists, students, and other oral health care practitioners to an understanding of the essential practice of ethics.

Now a revised, updated, and expanded edition of Dental Ethics at Chairside responds to the challenges of oral health care in the new century with chapters on managed care, confidentiality and electronic record-keeping, among other important topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878403769
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	08/28/2002
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David T. Ozar, PhD, FACD, is director, Center for Ethics and Social Justice, and professor, Department of Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago. He is an honorary Fellow of the American College of Dentists.

David J. Sokol, DDS, JD, FACD, is a dentist with many years of private practice experience, and also in the practice of dental and medical health and malpractice law in Highland Mills, NY.

Table of Contents

Part I. The Dental Profession and Professional Ethics

1. Introduction

2. Profession and Professional Obligation

3. The Question of Professional Ethics

4. The Relationship between Patient and Professional

5. The Central Values of Dental Practice

6. Ethical Decision Making and Conflicting Obligations

Part II. Ethical Issues in Dental Practice

7. Patients with Compromised Capacity

8. Education and Cooperation

9. Bad Outcomes and Bad Work

10. Working Together

11. HIV and AIDS in Patients and Dentists

12. Confidentiality and Patient Records

13. Social Justice and Access to Dental Care

14. Third-Party Payers and Managed Care

15. Dentistry as a Business

16. The Dental Profession and the Community

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A 'must-read and must-have' book for every oral health professional....remains the 'gold standard' on the subject." -- Bruce S. Graham, dean, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Bruce S. Graham

A 'must-read and must-have' book for every oral health professional....remains the 'gold standard' on the subject.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Carl Bouchard, DMD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry)
Description: This book doesn't provide answers to specific ethical problems in the domain of dentistry, but provides information and a way of thinking to enable the clinician to make morally correct decisions. Every chapter starts with a case presentation challenging the reader's opinion on a particular subject.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide dentists with a systematic account of professional ethics in dental practice to help them understand and judge wisely about different issues. This is a much needed book for dental students and dentists, who face ethical challenges throughout their careers. The book is complete, and clearly meet the authors' objectives.
Audience: The book is written for dentists, dental students, hygienists and other health professionals interested in ethics. I think the book will primarily serve the needs of dental and hygiene students, because of its strong academic content. One of the authors is a dentist and the other is director of the Center for Ethics and Social Justice at the Loyola University. The two authors combine there experience making the duo credible authorities on the subject.
Features: The book can be divided into two major sections. The first covers the nature of the profession, professional obligations, and the decision making process for ethical questions. The second applies the concepts discussed in the first section by providing a variety of ethical issues. Multiple examples and case presentation make the theory easy to understand. The references are presented at the end of the book in the form of a bibliographic essay, which makes research on this topic easy and accessible. The analysis provided in the book is pertinent in most part only for general dentists. Issues regarding dental specialists or other health specialists are not discussed.
Assessment: All dental students should read this book. It is one of the most complete books on the subject of dental ethics. The cases presented are realistic and will help general dentists with decision making and assessment of ethical questions. This book definitely will stimulate conversation and discussions about morality, law, and ethics among dentists.

Doody's Review Service

"All dental students should read this book. It is one of the most complete books on the subject of dental ethics." -- Doody's Review Service

From the Publisher