Genetic Testing in Children–Inaugural Bishop Lecture in Bioethics May 9, 2011
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On May 19, John D. Lantos, MD, will present the first Bishop Lecture in Bioethics, “The Complex Mess Surrounding Genetic Testing in Children.” Dr. Lantos is the director of the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center in Kansas City, has served as President of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, and worked on President Clinton’s health reform task force.
The lecture will take place at 4:30 in the Founders Room of the Alumni Center.
The lectureship was established by a generous gift from the estate of Ronald C. and Nancy V. Bishop (both graduates of the U-M Medical School, class of ’44) and is co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine.
New IOM Report: Advancing Oral Health in America April 19, 2011
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Advancing Oral Health in America: Cover
The newest dental consensus report from the Institute of Medicine focuses on improving national awareness of oral health risks and preventive measures. A key focus of the report is how to engage the community and sustain interest. One approach to consider is use of social media online spaces to build community around the core issues, provide expertise and resources, answer questions authoritatively, and disseminate new important guidelines and research findings. For more information about social media best practices in health care, you may wish to contact Patricia Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian.
The report is available free to read online.
Advancing Oral Health in America:
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Advancing-Oral-Health-in-America.aspx
Ethics and Legalities in Dentistry – The Case of the Dentist Joker and the Assistant's Pigs August 15, 2007
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A really bizarre case has appeared in the legal literature. In this case a dentist performed surgery on one of his assistants who was also a patient. The assistant had a hobby or outside interest of caring for pot-bellied pigs. The surgery included the placement of temporary implants. As a practical joke, while the assistant/patient was under anesthetic, the dentist placed temporary implants of boars teeth, took photos, and then removed the boars teeth and continued with placing the actual temporary implants.
As you might have guessed, when the assistant saw the photos, she did not find it at all funny, which was the beginning of the legal cases. The dentist expected that his insurance company would cover him when he was sued, however they declined. He settled out of court with the assistant, but then sued his insurance company for not covering him. He won. He not only won, but he was granted the entire sum of money he paid the assistant plus three times that for mental distress.
This looks to be a very interesting case. More details and information are included in the following two FindLaw articles.
Scales, Adam. Can This Pig Fly? How A Dentist Assaulted A Patient And Made A Million Dollars: Part One in a Two-Part Series. Findlaw Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007.
http://writ.lp.findlaw.com/commentary/20070814_scales.html
Scales, Adam. Can This Pig Fly? How A Dentist Assaulted A Patient And Made A Million Dollars: Part Two of a Two-Part Series. Findlaw Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20070815_scales.html
Medical Identity Theft June 13, 2006
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The World Privacy Forum has released a report on the problem of medical identity theft.
Medical Identity Theft: The Information Crime that Can Kill You (Released May 3, 2006), by Pam Dixon and Robert Gellman:
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/medicalidentitytheft.html
With financial identity theft, you find that someone has stolen your identity to make use of your financial resources and credit. With medical identity theft, this may happen — the thief may use your insurance or other resources, and you may also find that the identity thief has changed your medical records to include fictitious information. Examples included changing the bloodtype on record and adding psychiatric diagnoses.
Recommendations for personal protection include frequently requesting copies of your files, just as you should request copies of your credit report, and closely reviewing all communications from your insurance company. Practitioners need to be aware of this in order to question apparent inconsistencies between the record and the patient’s reporting.
Dental Ethics Resources May 17, 2006
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In light of the recent ethics scandal at UMDNJ, here is a small offering of selected resources on the topic of professional ethics in dentistry.
- American College of Dentists: Courses Online / Dental Ethics: http://www.dentalethics.org/
- American Society for Dental Ethics: http://www.societyfordentalethics.org/
- British Dental Journal: Collections: Law and Ethics: http://www.nature.com/bdj/collections/25/index.html
- Case Western Reserve University: Online Ethics Center for Engineering and the Sciences: http://onlineethics.org/index.html
- Christian Medical and Dental Associations: http://www.cmdahome.org/
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT): Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions: http://ethics.iit.edu/index.html
- International Dental Ethics and Law Society (IDEALS): Dental Ethics and Law Internet Sites: http://www.ideals.ac/links.php?catid=1
- International Medical & Dental Ethics Commission: http://www.imdec.org/
- Tufts University: Hirsch Health Sciences Library: Resources for Dental Ethics: http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/education/dethics.html
- SmileMichigan / Michigan Dental Association: ADA/MDA Code of Ethics: http://public.smilemichigan.com/site/389/default.aspx
