OBJECTIVE :
After completing this lecture the participant should be able to understand all the legalities involved in dental practice.
The practice of dentistry is based on five ethical principles which include :
And is built upon important landmarks such as the Declaration Of Helsinki 1964, Belmont Report 1979, ICH-Good Clinical Practice (GCP) 1997 and Declaration of Geneva.
The concept of law is unique and no single definition can cover all its components. In simple terms Law may be defined as “an aggregate of rules enforceable by judicial means in a given country”. Law influences every aspect of human activity, dentistry in this regard being no exception. The interface between Law and Dentistry is mediated by important statutes relating to health, the chief among which involves drug and cosmetics act, dentists act etc. The ethical standards of the dental profession are undergoing a steady decline, market driven system pushing away the altruistic concepts of the early teachers of the art. Today’s corporate dentistry has degenerated to a common business practice whose concerns are strictly governed by profit and loss concerns, despite the emergence of forensic odontology that ensures that every dentist must keep some kind of record for every patient they treat. An evaluation of knowledge regarding the maintenance of dental records among dentists found a very low percentage of dentists maintaining dental records. The implementation and enhancement of the conceptual foundation of health laws is in its infancy. This review is based on the premise that there is a lack of knowledge regarding medico–legal aspect of dental professionals and patients, which in turn hinders effective implementation and delivery of dental services. We also provide an overview of the ethical aspects, ethical dilemmas relevance of consent, negligence, liability, medical decisions and implications from dentists and patients perspective.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS SESSION ?
DATE : TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021
TIME : 5 P.M. IST
REGISTRATION : FREE (Prior Registration is Mandatory)
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