Just say "no": Can dentists refuse care on the basis of finances? A survey using an ethical vignette in an Iranian Dental School.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decision making when patients ask a dentist for fee reduction is a real ethical dilemma at dental settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate how dental students and tutors think about their position for, or against fee reduction at dental offices.

Method

It was a questionnaire-based survey, which examined the ethical attitudes of students and tutors of an Iranian Dental School. The questionnaire included a vignette about an ethical dilemma at a dental office. Different ethical approaches, i.e. duty-based, virtue-oriented and consequentialist arguments, for or against fee reduction at dental office were suggested. Respondents were asked to rank those ethical options. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS 16.0.

Result

121 dental students and thirty-six f

SUBMITTER: Kazemian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7603726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature