ETHICS Flashcards
Autonomy
Deals with Patient (not practitioner)
Nonmaleficence
Deals with the Practitioner (Do no harm)
Civil Offense: Lawsuit
Dental injections
Adverse drug reactions (contraindicates MH)
Failure to diagnose (perio disease, oral cancer)
Best way to avoid law suits is through?
Documentation, Charting, and communication
Civil Law - contracts
Implied:
An agreement made through inference by signs, inaction or silence
Civil Law - contracts
Express
Oral or written agreement
Civil Law - Practitioner and Patients
Terminating patients
Non-compliance and failure to pay
practitioner
Civil Law - Practitioner and Patients
Abandonment?
Dismissal of patient without ample and proper notice
patient
Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Assult?
Threatening bodily harm (raising hand but not actually hitting someone)
Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Battery?
Causing bodily harm ( placing sealants without parental consent or or taking radiographs without permission)
Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Defamation - damaging a person’s reputation
-Libel?
Written defamation (L=Library)
Civil Law - Torts
Intentional torts
-Defamation - damaging a person’s reputation
-Slander?
Verbal defamation (S=Spoken)
Civil Law - Torts
Unintentional torts
-Negligence?
Failure to do what a reasonable person would do.
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Who does OSHA protect?
Protects the employee (doesn’t protect the boss)
What does HIPPA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
How often does the HIPPA form need to be signed?
Once
When would you have a patient sign another HIPPA policy?
- Changes are made (pt. wishes to add or remove an individual from a previous form)
- Govt. makes changes to the HIPPA policy
How often does the office have to provide the patient a copy of HIPPA policy?
Every three years
What does CDC stand for?
Center for Disease Control
What does COBRA stand for?
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
What is COBRA for?
Gives individuals the right to keep the group health insurance benefits for 18 months
Dental Records
-Dentist “owns”
Paper on which records are printed
Dental Records
-Patient “owns”
Information
Contents of Informed contents
- presented in understandable language
- nature and need of procedure
- benefits/risks of procedure
- prognosis
- alternatives to procedures
- patient is allowed to ask questions
With statute of limitations is there a time frame?
yes, it is limited within which legal action may be taken
