Dental hygiene students' attitudes toward ethical dilemmas in practice

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-357

  Duley, Susan I ^a   Fitzpatrick, Peter G ^a   Zornosa, Ximena ^a   Lambert, Cynthia A ^a   Mitchell, Ashlie ^b  

^a CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clayton State University ^*

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bioethics; Dental hygiene; Ethical issues; Ethical theory; Ethics; Fraud; Knowledge; Oral hygiene; Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FORGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOUTH TUMOR; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT;

ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DISCLOSURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FRAUD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; INFORMED CONSENT; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 62549134849     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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