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If a dental hygienist discusses a patient's current dental status with a nondental or nonmedical
professional, the dental hygienist is experiencing a breach of: ✔Correct Answer-
Confidentiality
Trustworthiness can be defined as the trait of ✔Correct Answer-Deserving trust and
confidence
An individual who is honored and held in esteem is often called ✔Correct Answer-Respected
This type of ethical theory describes a group of theories that provide, define and describe a
system of principles and rules that determine which actions are deemed right or wrong.
✔Correct Answer-Normative ethics
What type of ethics places emphasis on the character traits of an individual? ✔Correct
Answer-Virtue ethics
A healthcare provider's first obligation to the patient is to do no harm, which is termed
✔Correct Answer-nonmaleficence
Which of the following terms means that a dental hygienist should provide quality health care,
which is a benefit fo the patient? ✔Correct Answer-Beneficence
Providing individuals or a group with what is owed, due and/or deserved is called ✔Correct
Answer-Justice
The ability to govern's one's own profession and to basically be self-determined and directed as
a profession called ✔Correct Answer-Autonomy
Being honest is called ✔Correct Answer-Veracity
Which principle states that the dental hygienist does what he thinks is best for the patient
according to his ability and judgement? ✔Correct Answer-Paternalism
Which of the following terms requires that the dental hygienist provides the patient with all the
relevant information needed to make a decision and it allows the patient to make the decision
based on valid, understandable information provided by the practitioner? ✔Correct Answer-
Informed consent