Unit 5 Assignment 2 - Ethics Terminology

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Use what you have read from assigned readings in Unit 5 Topic #3 and define each of the following terms. Be sure to reword the definitions in your own words instead of just copying the definition from the resources in the unit. These terms will also be found on your state exam so it is essential that you are familiar with them! Each definition is worth one point.

• Duty of care/standard of care
• Abandonment
• Due care
• Malpractice
• Acts of Omission and Commission
• Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur
• Res gestae
• Informed consent
• Implied consent
• Written consent
• Reciprocity
• Civil law
• Contract law
• Tort law
• Felony

Reference(s)

Bird, D. L., & Robinson, D. S. (2014). Chapter 4: Dental ethics. In Author, Modern dental assisting (12th ed., pp. 27-31). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, Saunders.

Bird, D. L., & Robinson, D. S. (2014). Chapter 5: Dentistry and the law. In Author, Modern dental assisting (12th ed., pp. 32-43). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, Saunders.