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

• Pubblicazione: Milwaukee, WI, : Marquette University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.6
• Soggetto topico: Dental ethics - United States; Dental care - Social aspects - United States; Dental health education - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WelieJos V. M
• 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 ConnectednessJos 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 ImplicationsPart 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 Responsibilitiesof Academic Dental InstitutionsAppendix 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. There is widespread consensus that the resultin
• Titolo autorizzato: Justice in oral health care
• ISBN: 0-87462-934-9; 1-4356-1074-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451962603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Marquette studies in philosophy ; ; no. 47.