RDH Law and Ethics Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+
Autonomy - ✔✔An autonomous person controls his or her own action,
behaviors, and inner life (self determination). examples: plans, goals,
convictions, and beliefs. People are free to behave as they choose as long
as it doesn't harm others.
Informed Consent - ✔✔Patients acceptance (or refusal) of a line of
treatment based on the information provided by a health care provider; an
ethical and legal consideration. Implied consent: non verbal/non written;
Expressed consent: oral agreement; Written consent: signed agreement.
Exceptions-Emergency, mental illness, required by law, incompetent
patient.
Tolerance - ✔✔Dentists are challenged to practice within an increasingly
complex cultural and ethnically diverse community. Conventional attitudes
regarding pain, appropriate function, and esthetics may be confounded by
these differences. Tolerance to diversity requires dentists to recognize that
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, these differences exist and challenges dentists to understand how these
differences may affect patient choices and treatment.
Compassion - ✔✔Compassion requires caring and the ability to identify
with the patient's overall well-being. Relieving pain and suffering is a
common attribute of dental practice. Acts of kindness and a sympathetic
ear for the patient are all qualities of a caring, compassionate dentist.
Veracity - ✔✔Telling the truth, not to lie to the patient. Example: partial
disclosure may lead to false hopes; incomplete information: not telling the
patient about less expensive option for treatment may also generate
financial or practical problems for patient; withholding the truth= lost trust.
Integrity - ✔✔Integrity requires the dentist to behave with honor and
decency. The dentist who practices with a sense of integrity affirms the
core values and recognizes when words, actions or intentions are in conflict
with one's values and conscience. Professional integrity commits the
dentist to upholding the professions' Codes of Ethics and to safeguarding,
influencing and promoting the highest professional standards.
Justice and Fairness - ✔✔To be fair to the patient; treat all patients equally
regardless of their socioeconomic status, ethnicity, education, or ability to
pay
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and Answers 100% Pass | Graded A+
Autonomy - ✔✔An autonomous person controls his or her own action,
behaviors, and inner life (self determination). examples: plans, goals,
convictions, and beliefs. People are free to behave as they choose as long
as it doesn't harm others.
Informed Consent - ✔✔Patients acceptance (or refusal) of a line of
treatment based on the information provided by a health care provider; an
ethical and legal consideration. Implied consent: non verbal/non written;
Expressed consent: oral agreement; Written consent: signed agreement.
Exceptions-Emergency, mental illness, required by law, incompetent
patient.
Tolerance - ✔✔Dentists are challenged to practice within an increasingly
complex cultural and ethnically diverse community. Conventional attitudes
regarding pain, appropriate function, and esthetics may be confounded by
these differences. Tolerance to diversity requires dentists to recognize that
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, these differences exist and challenges dentists to understand how these
differences may affect patient choices and treatment.
Compassion - ✔✔Compassion requires caring and the ability to identify
with the patient's overall well-being. Relieving pain and suffering is a
common attribute of dental practice. Acts of kindness and a sympathetic
ear for the patient are all qualities of a caring, compassionate dentist.
Veracity - ✔✔Telling the truth, not to lie to the patient. Example: partial
disclosure may lead to false hopes; incomplete information: not telling the
patient about less expensive option for treatment may also generate
financial or practical problems for patient; withholding the truth= lost trust.
Integrity - ✔✔Integrity requires the dentist to behave with honor and
decency. The dentist who practices with a sense of integrity affirms the
core values and recognizes when words, actions or intentions are in conflict
with one's values and conscience. Professional integrity commits the
dentist to upholding the professions' Codes of Ethics and to safeguarding,
influencing and promoting the highest professional standards.
Justice and Fairness - ✔✔To be fair to the patient; treat all patients equally
regardless of their socioeconomic status, ethnicity, education, or ability to
pay
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