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- Title
Policy on the Ethical Responsibility to Treat or Refer.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's policy on the ethical responsibility of pediatric dentists in treating infants, children, and people with special health care requirements. It states that dentists unable to provide treatment for a diagnosed dental condition have the ethical responsibility to refer the patient to a practitioner who can provide the care required. It talks about the virtues of ethics that include autonomy, beneficence, justice and nonmaleficence.
- Subjects
DENTAL ethics; PEDIATRIC dentistry; DENTAL care; MEDICAL referrals; VIRTUES; AUTONOMY (Philosophy); JUSTICE (Virtue); ETHICS
- Publication
Pediatric Dentistry, 2011, Vol 33, Issue 6, p94
- ISSN
0164-1263
- Publication type
Article