Commerce versus Care: Troubling Trends in the Ethics of Esthetic Dentistry

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-287

  Simonsen, Richard J ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DENTAL CARE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; ETHICS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249063085     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2007.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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