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This 6 page report discusses the ethical dilemma of 'outreach' programs at many dental schools. Two important needs exist and dental school outreach programs address both of them. But the question is whether or not such practices are truly ethical? Are poor people any less deserving of good dentistry and oral health than those who happen to have dental insurance coverage through their employer or those who, for whatever reason, can afford to regularly take themselves and their children to the dentist? Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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able to have experience with real people, not just models or dummies and countless numbers of people need free or inexpensive dental care. Furthermore, Burger, Boehm, and Sellaro (1997) make
the point that children who live in poverty have a much higher rate of dental disease and problems than middle-class children an yet: "... public funding for oral health programs
has continually decreased since the mid 1980s" (p. 117). Two important needs exist and dental school outreach programs address both of them. But the question is whether or
not such practices are truly ethical? Are poor people any less deserving of good dentistry and oral health than those who happen to have dental insurance coverage through their
employer or those who, for whatever reason, can afford to regularly take themselves and their children to the dentist? Should they bear the burden of a students inexperience, time limitations,
or the over-booking likely to be typical at an outreach clinic? Of course not! And yet, isnt an outreach program better than no dental treatment? It is at this juncture
of questions that the issue of what is and is not ethical treatment presents itself. Ethics of Any Medical Treatment Most moral philosophy and ethical behaviors begin with
the proposition that there are certain responsibilities that individuals must adhere to simply by virtue of their own humanity. That which is most human about people is not the fact
that they have a variety of interests and desires -- members of other species also have interests and desires -- but the rational human mind which makes decisions and considers
their consequences and impact on others. It is, perhaps, more clear and definitely as accurate, to say that humans have moral obligations, whatever their position. In discussing what
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