Ethical Principles
An example would be providing dental screenings/oral cancer screenings to a patient.
What is beneficence?
This type of contract agreement is stated with explicit language either orally or in writing.
What is an express contract?
This concept is known as placing the welfare of the child over that which a parent when safety is involved.
What is prima facie duty?
The branch which enacts the dental practice act.
What is the legislative branch?
What is slander?
This is an example of not administering anesthesia unless competency is reached.
What is nonmaleficence?
The person/party bringing a claim in the legal system in a criminal proceeding.
Who is the prosecutor?
This is the person’s ability to understand their health care conditions & tx options so they can make their own decisions.
What is capacity?
The place where dental hygienists generally are required to display a current copy of their license.
What is their current place of practice?
The two major categories of civil law?
What is contract law and tort law?
The principle of being self-directed.
What is autonomy?
This is the period of time/timeframe for the bringing of certain kinds of legal action.
What is the statute of limitations?
When the health care professional acts as a parent & makes decisions for the patient based on their high expertise & knowledge,
What is paternalism?
This is an agreement between 2 or more states that allows a dental hygienist who is licensed in 1 state to receive a license to practice in any of the other states within the agreement.
What is reciprocity?
This occurs when 1 or more ethical principles are in conflict.
What is a dilemma?
This principle involves causing some degree of harm when that harm will lead to a greater good which may be desirable, as well as necessary according to the principle of double effect.
What is nonmaleficence?
This is the term for when someone provides treatment to a patient without their consent.
What is battery?
This is related to respect for persons & involves the patient exercising their autonomy in providing information to the professional.
What is confidentiality?
The amount of CE's a NYS dental hygienist must obtain in a 3-year period for licensure renewal?
What is 24?
This is the most critical step in the ethical decision making model.
What is identification of the problem/dilemma?
The foundation of this principle is equality.
What is justice?
This is known as protecting and promoting the interests of a person, group, or organization.
What is loyalty?
This is when you must tell the the good and/or harm of all procedures and the consequences of not having any treatment.
What is informed consent?
The type of supervision known through the performance of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist but not requiring the physical presence of a supervising dentist during the performance of those procedures.
What is general supervision?
The qualities consistently practiced by a person.
What is character?