Ethics Basics
What Is Ethics?
What is Moral principles that guide behavior and decision making
This refers to a specialized body of knowledge valuable to society.
What is a characteristic of a true profession?
The main goal of dental hygiene practice.
What is Prevention of oral disease and promotion of oral health.
Putting the patients welfare ahead of profit demonstrates this...
What is Professionalism
Why patients trust health care providers despite not being able to judge care quality.
What is Because providers are educated, licensed and ethically self regulated.
Ethics involves doing the right thing even when it...
What is Its difficult, inconvenient, goes against personal gain, or when no one is watching
Name TWO characteristics of a true profession.
What is Code of ethics, organized association, standards of practice, service orientation, etc.
What three types of services do dental hygienists provide?
What is Educational, clinical, and therapeutic.
These behavior learned qualities - such as honestly and integrity, caring and compassion, reliability, effective communication, and respect for others are expected to be developed and demonstrated by all dental hygienists?
What are professional traits
This principle means "do no harm"
What is Nonmaleficence
Enables self regulation, which demonstrates accountability and responsibility - thereby increasing public trust in the profession.
What is code of ethics?
This allows professions to govern themselves
What is self regulation?
The Dental hygiene profession had evolved but its primary focus continues to focus on the key responsibility
What is disease prevention?
Which of Ozar's Models is preferred and why?
What is Interactive model- because it presents the patient and provider as partners who make different contributions to the partnership.
What is the critical foundation for the relationship between the person seeking services, the patient, healthcare provider, and the professional?
What is Trust