MADEL– Ethics, Trust & Pofit - Dental Law & Ethics

South Yorkshire/East Midlands Postgraduate
Dental Education – Leicestershire/Northampton & Rutland

Date(s): FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2008

Speaker(s):       Mr Richard Birkin – Clinical Team Leader

Venue: Glenfield Hospital – Clinical Education Centre, Seminar Rooms 2 & 3

Aims & Objectives:  

  •   To consider ethical theories
    • Normative ethics
    • Descriptive ethics
    • Meta-ethics
  • To consider ethical dilemmas in the healthcare professions
  • To discuss the ethical balance of patient care and profit
  • To review GDC advice on ethics and the law
  • To review advice on Informed Consent
  • To inform of applicable legislation
  • To discuss the ethics and legality of private treatments
  • To understand what treatment has to be carried out in the NHS
  • To understand the legal aspects of patient confidentiality
  • To review good practice in record keeping
  • To understand the legal definition of:
  • A course of treatment
  • Mixing
  • Urgent treatment
  • Splitting
  • CPD: 3.5 hours

    Cost: £21 each

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