1. Informed Consent in Dentistry.
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Reid, Kevin I.
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INFORMED consent (Medical law) , *DENTAL laws & legislation , *PATIENTS' rights , *JEWS , *WORLD War II , *MEDICAL experimentation on humans , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) , *TWENTIETH century , *HISTORY , *TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders , *COMMUNICATION , *DECISION making , *DENTAL care , *DENTAL ethics , *DENTIST-patient relationship , *DENTISTRY , *DISCUSSION , *DOCUMENTATION , *DENTAL fillings , *LEGAL liability , *MALPRACTICE , *DISCLOSURE , *PATIENT autonomy , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
The article discusses America's informed consent legal doctrine in relation to patients' rights and the legal aspects of dentistry in the U.S. as of 2017, and it mentions how World War II atrocities involving medical experimentation on Jews have influenced informed consent laws in places such as America. Several informed consent legal cases in the U.S. are assessed, including Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital and Canterbury v. Spence
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- 2017
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