title: [Patient care and dental ethics. The request of a patient for total extraction].
abstract: On the basis of a case report in which a patient requests total extraction while, from the view of dental care, there are possibilities to preserve the teeth, the question is discussed if there is a moral justification to gratify the wishes of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Faculteit der Wijsbegeerte van de Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam .
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strijbos
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Eijkman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards