title: What ethical guidance is there for dismissing a patient from a practice?
authors.affiliation: American Dental Association Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs, Chicago, Ill. 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Rod B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wentworth
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000941:ethics; D003729:Dental Care / Q000941:ethics*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000941:ethics; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics*