title: [Legal and ethical considerations of emergencies in the dental office].
abstract: The dentist has the ethical and legal responsibility to anticipate emergency situations in correlation with the patient's medical status. He has the obligation to do all in his power to prevent emergencies from happening and to be prepared to manage any emergency that might occur. This article also discusses the importance of monitoring and documentation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dental Health, Ministry of Health, Israel.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Zusman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garfunkel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galili
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Findler
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Malamed
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elad
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004282:Documentation; D004630:Emergencies; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative