The ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct

question 8

Multiple Choice

The ADA Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct encompass five principles.Principle 3 is Beneficence,which means that the dentist has a duty to:

• A)respect the patient's right to self-determination and confidentiality.
• B)refrain from harming the patient.
• C)promote the patient's welfare.
• D)communicate truthfully.

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Definitions:

Reproductive Age Groups

Categories of individuals of different ages within a population that are capable of reproduction, often crucial for understanding population dynamics and fertility rates.

Zero Population Growth

A demographic balance where the number of people in a specified population neither grows nor decreases, due to an equal number of births and deaths.

Birth Rate

A statistical measure representing the number of births in a population over a specific time period, often per 1,000 people per year.

Death Rate

A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.