Patients with unusual requests for extractions 1. professional standard versus patient's autonomy

Assertive patients will, in the future, more readily appear with their own diagnosis. As a result, dentists will more often be confronted with sometimes rather unusual requests from patients. An extreme request from a patient is the removal of (all) teeth. The central issue in this article is how to...

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Published inNederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde Vol. 117; no. 10; p. 485
Main Authors Broers, D L M, Brands, W G, de Jongh, A, Willems, D L
Format Journal Article
LanguageDutch
Published Netherlands 01.10.2010
Subjects
Dentist-Patient Relations
Dentistry - standards
Humans
Patient Satisfaction
Personal Autonomy
Refusal to Treat
Risk Assessment
Tooth Extraction - psychology
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Summary:Assertive patients will, in the future, more readily appear with their own diagnosis. As a result, dentists will more often be confronted with sometimes rather unusual requests from patients. An extreme request from a patient is the removal of (all) teeth. The central issue in this article is how to deal with such a request. The conclusion is that the patient's autonomy is limited by the professional standards of the dentist and the patient's capacity to assess in a reasonable way what is in his own best interests.
ISSN:0028-2200