DEH 221: Ethics & Practice Management
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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Lernkarten
The act of providing information to and assuring the understanding of a patient regarding treatment risks, treatment options, and the nature of the disease or problem.
Informed consent.
Any wrong or damage doen to another person, his or her rights, reputation, or property.
Injury
The required link between a patient's injury and dental hygienist's breach of duty (i.e. the patient's injury must be caused by the dental hygienist's breach of duty).
Injury causation
A civil wrong that occurs when an individual intends the results of an action.
Intentional tort
The principle that deals with fairness and the allocation of what people earn or deserve.
Justice
A process regulated by a governmental agency whereby individuals are authorized to perform certain functions.
Licensure
Professional services wuch as peformed by a dentist or dental hygienst, done without reasonable care or skill or in violation of ethics.
Malpractice
The act or action that is required bya person based on a moral position
Moral duty
A lack of resonable and prudent care resulting in harm.
Negligence
A solemn promise to do something or to follow some guideline(s).
Oath
A duty to conform to a rule or custom.
Obligation
The process of allowing professional colleagues to critically examin treatment provided in a dental or dental hygiene case and to render an opinion on the appropriateness of that treatment.
Peer review
Considering only one single moral principle, the first principle to act upon over another, equally compelling, princile, the duty that maybe primary.
Prima facie duty
A Latin term meaning first, do no harm.
Primum non nocere
The quality of performing with the skill, knowledge, and abilities of a professional person; the possession of specializedknowledge and skill in a field of human endeavor.
Professionalism
A process used systematically and continuously to assess the quality of a patient care delivery system for the purpose of improvment.
Quality assessment
A rule or restriction
Regulation
The broad range of duties legally defined for a particular heath care provider.
Scope of Practice
A form of discrimination; involves un-welcomed talk or touching or other actions having to do with sexual activity.
Sexual harassment
The level of quality of care expected of a resonable and prudent practitioner
Standard of Care
The state law or part of a specific statute that specifies the time period during which legal action must be taken.
Statute of LImitations
The act of directing or observing the activities of another person.
Supervision
A civil wrong in which another's person or propery is harmed as a result of negligent or intentinal acts.
Tort
A civil wrong that occurs when an individual does not intend the results of an action.
Unintentional tort
A principle or concept that is considered worthwhile.
Value
Truth telling; honesty
Veracity
