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D J Sokol

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PubMed1988

Legal implications and considerations in dental practice management.

This article deals with the legal aspects and ramifications of several common situations that arise in dental practices. The authors deal specifically with the areas of contracts and guarantees; unilateral termination of treatment while avoiding charges of abandonment; treatment of minors and the necessity for informed consent; fraud and misrepresentation; and employer-employee considerations. These areas are briefly analyzed with suggestions for prevention of problems.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1988

Increasing profitability through computerization.

The author explores the pragmatic or financial justification for computerizing a dental practice and discusses a computerized approach to precollection and collection for the dental office. The article also deals with the use of computerized correspondence to augment the recall policy of the office and to help generate new patient referrals and discusses the pros and cons of utilizing a dental computer service bureau in implementing these policies.

Accounting↗
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Informed consent in dentistry: the impact of "Who pays the bills?".

This paper analyzes the concept of informed consent in dentistry from a bioethical and philosophical perspective. It is my contention that informed consent, as presently utilized in daily dental practice, might be illusory at best. After analysis of the concept in general to derive a philosophical underpinning, this basis is applied to alternate delivery systems including Medicaid, Capitation Programs, and the "overbilling" scenario. Then an approach that is respectful of the patient's autonomy and that can achieve a truly meaningful informed consent is suggested.

Beneficence↗
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Informed consent in dentistry.

This paper analyzes the concept of informed consent in dentistry from a bioethical and philosophical perspective. It is the author's contention that informed consent, as presently used in daily practice, might be illusory at best. After analyzing the concept in general to derive a philosophical underpinning, this basis is applied to common dental scenarios in order to illustrate an approach that is respectful of the patient's autonomy and that can achieve a truly meaningful informed consent.

Dentist-Patient Relations↗