Professional Responsibility in Dentistry - Graskemper, Joseph P.

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Résumé :
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN DENTISTRY

Concise guide to practical information on dental law, ethics, and practice management, all tailored to any dental practice

Professional Responsibility in Dentistry, Second Edition is a clinically oriented guide to legal and ethical requirements in a dental practice. This thoroughly revised new edition takes a practical approach, providing examples and case studies of situations that dentists may face, with discussions of dental law, risk management, professionalism, and ethics as they relate to each situation.

Divided into four sections to allow for comprehensive and accessible coverage of the subject, the Second Edition adds new chapters on taking practices to the next level and how to read a profit and loss statement, as well as offering updates and new information throughout.

Professional Responsibility in Dentistry provides key information on:

• Lawsuits, including the effects of losing one, the regulation of dentistry, and definitions of important legal concepts in the field
• The doctor-patient relationship, refusing to treat, medical-dental history, child and elder abuse, informed consent, and record keeping
• Statute of limitations, abandonment, standard of care, peer review, risk management, and managing employees and associates
• Starting or buying a practice, marketing for a successful practice, multispecialty practices, and taking your practice from 'better' to 'best'

Bringing legal and ethical issues to life with real-world clinical cases, Professional Responsibility in Dentistry, Second Edition is an essential resource for dental students, new dentists, and any practicing dentist....

Biographie:

The author

Joseph P. Graskemper, DDS, JD, DABLM, FAGD, FACD, FAES, FICOI, FASO, FCLM, is Associate Clinical Professor at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine in Stony Brook, New York, USA....

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Contents

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Author xiv

Part I Legal Concepts 1

1 The Lawsuit 3

True Case 1:?Miscarriage due to endodontics 3

The Complaint 3

True Case 2:?Changing the chart 4

True Case 3:?Saving the case for trial 5

Examination before Trial 5

The Results 6

References 7

2 The Regulation of Dentistry 8

True Case 4:?Dental state board case of fractured porcelain 9

Federal Oversight 10

OSHA 10

True Case 5:?OSHA 12

FDA/DEA/EPA 12

NPDB 13

HIPAA 13

True Case 6:?Ransomware 15

TCPA 16

True Case 7:?Unsolicited texts 16

Licensure 17

Continuing Education 17

I-Stop (Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing) 18

Permits 18

Professional Misconduct and Unprofessional Conduct 19

True Case 8:?Forfeit of license 20

True Case 9:?Lost his license 20

Auxiliary Personnel 20

True Case 10:?Assistant extracted tooth 21

Advertising 22

True Case 11:?Dental society denial 23

Federal False Claims Act 23

True Case 12:?Fraudulent billing 24

References 25

3 Definitions and Legal Concepts 27

Negligence 27

True Case 13:?Amalgam tattoo - melanoma 28

True Case 14:?Divorce due to paresthesia 29

True Case 15 (True Case 1 Revisited):?Lawsuit due to dentist's criticism 29

Definitions 29

True Case 16:?Tennessee case Tolliver v. Gamble 32

References 32

Part II The Practice of Dentistry 33

4 The Doctor-Patient Relationship 35

Basis for Relationship 35

True Case 17:?Food for fillings 35

Fiduciary Duty 36

Types of Realtionships 36

When Does It Begin 37

Duties of Doctor and Patient 37

Patient Relationships 38

When Does It End 39

True Case 18:?No pay, no crown 39

References 39

5 May You Refuse to Treat? 40

Pandemics (COVID-19) 41

True Case 19:?Patient demand 41

References 41

6 The Medical-Dental History 42

True Case 20:?Only Boniva 42

Other Needed Information 43

True Case 21:?Only heart surgery 44

Barriers 44

Reference 44

7 Patient Abuse 45

Definitions 45

Reporting Child Abuse 46

True Case 22:?Child neglect 47

Elder Abuse 47

Signs of Abuse 48

Failure to Report Patient Abuse 48

Domestic Partner Abuse 49

References 49

8 Informed Consent 50

What Needs to Be Done 50

True Case 23:?Implants include the teeth 51

Information Needed 51

Consent 52

True Case 24:?Signed consent? Forgery 53

Competency 53

True Case 25:?Two for one 54

Exceptions 55

True Case 26:?Teenage pregnancy 55

Types of Consent 55

True Case 27:?Lawyer threatens: write off patient's balance or be sued 56

References 57

9 Records 58

True Case 28:?$300,000 Night Guard 58

Record Entries 59

Electronic Records 60

True Case 29:?Corporate greed 61

Release of Records 62

Texting 63

Teledentistry 64

HIPAA 64

Retention of Records 65

References 65

10 Statute of Limitations 67

When to Tell the Patient 67

Exceptions 68

True Case 30:?Never fitting denture 68

Reference 69

11 Abandonment 70

Types of Abandonment 70

Avoiding Abandonment 71

True Case 31: No Money - No Teeth 71

Proper Termination 72

Release of All Claims/Anti-defamation Clauses 73

True Case 32:?Patient outsmarts dentist 73

References 73

12 Standard of Care 75