Chapter 2 Professional & Legal Aspects Of Dental Assisting Flashcards
TEAM stands for?
Together, Everyone Accomplishes More.
Confidentiality
Personal and financial information must be held in strict confidence and must not be discussed with others. Breaches of confidentiality can result in lawsuit against all parties involved
Rapport
“Good relations”
Ethics vs laws
Ethics refer to what you SHOULD do, not what you must do. The law deals with what you MUST do.
Ethics
Deals with moral conduct (right and wrong behavior, “good” and “evil”), values, high standards of conduct, and personal obligation in interactions with other professionals and patients.
Criminal law
Involves crime with society, government agency or the board of dentistry initiate the legal action. Performing a procedure that is not legal is in violation of this law.
Civil law
Involves crime against individual with another individual who initiates the legal action. (A dentist may be sued by a patient if he or she is dissatisfied with the treatment or has been injured during treatment)
Two types f dental degree in dentistry.
D. D. S (Doctor of Dental Surgery)
D. M. D ( Doctor of Medical Dentistry)
A civil action against a dentist may involve either what laws?
Contract law or Tort law
Contract law
Involves an agreement or service exchange for payment. Payment must be made. If something is being given away for free with no money or services in exchange, then there can be no contract.
Tort law
Involves in an act that brings harm to a person or damage to property. The dentist must have failed to perform the (legal duty)-once a dentist accepts a patient, the dentist then has specific and legal duties to the patient.
Legal
In compliance with the law.
Not forbidden by law.
Criminal act
Performing procedures that are not legal is the same as practicing dentistry without a license.
Breach of contract
Lawsuits occur when either party fails to meet his or her end of a written or verbal contract.
Dental Practice Act
Specifies the legal requirements for the practice of dentistry with each state.