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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823705103321

Titolo

Justice in oral health care : ethical and educational perspectives / / Jos V.M. Welie, Editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, WI, : Marquette University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-87462-934-9

1-4356-1074-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Marquette studies in philosophy ; ; no. 47

Altri autori (Persone)

WelieJos V. M

Disciplina

617.6

Soggetti

Dental ethics - United States

Dental care - Social aspects - United States

Dental health education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

short title page; title page Justice in Oral Health Care Ethical and Educational Perspectives Jos V.M. Welie, Editor; copyright page; Table of Contents; Jos V.M. Welie Are Oral Health Disparities Merely Unfortunate or Also Unfair? An Introduction to the Book; Part I Theoretical Perspectives; Raul I. Garcia Oral Health Disparities: Health Care and Resource Allocation in the U.S.; Mary McNally Defining Oral Health; Shafik Dharamsi Social Responsibility and Oral Health Disparities: A Constructivist Approach; Gerald R. Winslow Just Dentistry and the Margins of Society

Jos V.M. Welie & James T. Rule Overcoming Isolationism. Moral Competencies, Virtues and the Importance of Connectedness; Jos V.M. Welie The Preferential Option for the Poor. A Social Justice Perspective on Oral Health Care; David W. Chambers Distributive Justice; Part II International Perspectives; Kimberly McFarland Care for Native American Patients; Sefik Görkey The Changing Face of Turkey's Dental Profession; Sinikka Salo and Matti Pöyry Access to Oral Health Services in Finland. A Review of Recent Legal and Policy Changes

Gunilla Nordenram Sweden's Dental Insurance System for the Elderly, Unwell and Disabled People in Sweden. Ethical Implications; Part III Educational and Policy Perspectives; Linda C. Niessen Oral Health and Social Justice: Oral Health Status, Financing & Opportunities for



Leadership; James T. Rule and Jos VM Welie Justice, Moral Competencies, and the Role of Dental Schools; Michelle Henshaw Service-learning. Oral Health Disparities and the Shift in Dental Education; Pamela Zarkowski Oral Health Disparities: A Proposal for Educational Change; Part IV Appendices

Appendix 1 American Dental Education Association Improving the Oral Health Status of All Americans: Roles and Responsibilities of Academic Dental Institutions; Appendix 2 DIGEST OF CODES OF DENTAL ETHICS & RELATED POLICY DOCUMENTS (JUSTICE RELATED SECTIONS ONLY); Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.