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Synopsis

This text provides guidance on practice standards and the values to which practitioners should aspire. Topics covered include consent, confidentiality, negligence, and how claims arise and can be managed.

 

Content

The General Dental Council * Rights, duties and responsibilities * Professional duties of dentists * Resource allocation and business ethics * The clinical relationship * Confidentiality * Consent * Informed consent * Children * Mentally disabled adults * Practising in the NHS * Negligence and litigation * Legal considerations in Scotland * Medical and dental research