New Books

Brennan, Mark and Oliver, Richard: Ethics & Law for the Dental Team
Knutsford, Cheshire (UK): United KingdomPasTest, 2006, 256 pp
ISBN: 1904627412
URL: http://www.pastest.co.uk/public/bookDetail.aspx?product=196
Price: £18.95
Ethics and Law for the Dental Team is an accessible text written to be used by the whole dental team, and reflects the latest General Dental Council guidelines. It features a wide range of realistic, practical case studies of ethical dilemmas faced in dental practice, together with key notes and tips on good ethical practice. This title is an ideal reference point for dentists, nurses and technicians alike, regardless of the stage in their career.

D'Cruz LT; Mills S & Holmes, D. Legal aspects of general dental practice.
Edinburgh/New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2006 , 110 p
ISBN: 0443100381
Price: £36
URL: http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/catalogue/title.cfm?ISBN=0443100381
A guide to essential legal issues for the general dental practitioner. It gives a detailed understanding of the key areas of consent and negligence, highlights the clinical risk areas in general dental practice and outlines ways of managing these risks, addresses the prime concern that treatments should be defensible and justifiable, and takes account of variations in law within British Isles and Ireland - eg Scottish law.


Gross B: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Ethik der Zahnheilkunde
Wuerzburg: Koenigshausen & Neumann, 2006, 324 pp
ISBN: 3-8260-3314-0
URL: www.webshop-koenigshausen-neumann.de/details.php?id=5623
Price: € 49,80
German dentistry, including dental education, is undergoing significant changes, engendering new questions about the essence of the practice of dentistry, professionalization, specialization, and access. Against this background, a new examination of the historical (dis)continuities and past decisions (whether right or wrong) is appropriate.

Kimbrough VJ & Lautar CL: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene (2nd ed).
Upper Saddle River NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2007 304 pp
ISBN: 0131708228
URL: http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131708228,00.html
Price: $44.40
Ethics, jurisprudence and practice management in dental hygiene, 2e is designed to orient dental hygiene students to clinical practice and its many applications in an office setting. Although dentists, dental practices, and dental hygiene can be generalized, each practice will be unique in its daily operations and policies. This text explains how in this new millennium, the art and science of dental hygiene continues to progress and evolve. More states have entered into independent or alternative practice settings for experienced dental hygienists. Supervision laws have been relaxed that allow for increase access to care and help eliminate disparities among diverse and underserved population groups. Strategies are being developed to increase cultural competencies and multidisciplinary collaboration, as well as, to increase the number of minorities in the oral health workforce. Dental hygienists are utilizing more of their skills as oral health is becoming an important entity of general health. And, dental hygienists are becoming more responsible for the regulation of the their profession, the profession of dental hygiene.

Riaud, Xavier. Les dentistes allemands sous le troisième Reich.
Paris: Harmattan, 2005, 252 pp
ISBN: 2747587282
URL: http://www.librairieharmattan.com
Price: € 22.50
Using extensive archival material, the author discusses the reaction of the dental profession in Germany to the rising Nazi ideology, and their cooperation with the SS and in the concentration camps.


Rule JT & Bebeau MJ: Dentists who care. Inspiring stories of Professional Commitment
Chicago: Quintessence, 2005
ISBN: 0-86715-451-9
URL: www.quintpub.com/display_detail.php3?psku=B4519
Price: $ 28.00
Over the past several years, the authors have collected the stories of dentists nominated by their peers as models of commitment to moral ideas and principles. This volume is a collection of these stories, intended to evoke a fuller understanding of professional responsibilities for young people entering the discipline and to serve as a source of inspiration and renewal for those already established in their professional lives. Accompanying commentaries highlight the implications of the exemplars’ experiences for the reader, and discussion questions at the end of each story promote reflection on what it means to be a professional. Ideal for dental school orientation or ethics courses, postgraduate seminars, or dental study clubs.
 

Scully C & Wilson NHF. Culturally sensitive oral healthcare
London : Quintessence, 2006, 190 p.
(Series: Quintessentials of dental practice; 35)
ISBN 1-85097-118-8
URL: www.quintessencepublishing.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_25&products_id=276
Price: £28/€42
We work in a multicultural society and modern healthcare delivery demands that the religious, cultural and ethical beliefs of patients be considered as a part of their treatment. There is therefore an increasing need to understand other cultures. The knowledge base to be culturally sensitive is enormous. Lists of cultural traits and religious customs and beliefs can help, but inevitably give a very false impression of uniformity. Thus, in making reference to such lists, it is crucial to remember that there is considerable variation within every cultural and religious group and to avoid stereotyping. The information given applies only to certain patients. It is not a recipe for all solutions: we simply provide guidelines as a starting point for individualising dental healthcare. Individuals’ views, practices, needs and wishes vary widely and can be influenced by religion, ethnicity, educational, socioeconomic, acculturational and other factors. This book is presented in three sections. The first section covers the many aspects of culturally sensitive healthcare, the second section outlines features of various religions and faiths and the third discusses cultural groups. In the second and third sections, topics have been arranged alphabetically for convenience. We do not attempt to be comprehensive. Cross-referencing has been essential.


Welie, Jos V.M. (Ed.): Justice in Oral Health Care. Ethical and Educational Perspectives.
Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2006, 370 pp
ISBN (Paper): 0874626706
URL: www.atlasbooks.com/marquettepress/orderpage2.htm#J
Oral health is an intrinsic part of overall health. The mouth is part of the digestive and respiratory systems; it is essential to spoken communication and facial expression; in fact, toothaches are among the most severe and hence debilitating kinds of pain that a person can suffer. The economic cost of dental disease is staggering, equaling an annual loss of some 20 million days of work in the US alone. But far more disastrous is the personal cost for those suffering from these conditions. More than 100 million US citizens lack dental insurance. There is widespread consensus that the resulting disparities are most unfortunate. But are they also unfair? The dental profession and society at large appear much less eager to confirm the unfairness of this situation. After all, with unfairness comes the ethical obligation to attempt rectification of the situation. It is one thing to praise charitable voluntarism; it is quite another to insist on distributive justice. This book makes the case for justice in oral health. Renowned dental ethicists discuss various theoretical perspectives; national and international policy experts propose practical changes; and experienced dental educators outline innovative teaching modes. Several of the chapters contained in this volume are based on presentations during the 2003 International Congress on Dental Law and Ethics in Omaha, USA