title: A practical perspective on remedial ethics: Minnesota Board of Dentistry.
abstract: The President and Executive Director of the Minnesota Board of Dentistry describe how the Bebeau course in ethics, for dentists referred because of ethical lapses, is used as part of the disciplinary process in the state. It is understood that breaches of ethical standards are a complex phenomenon, often engaged in by practitioners who know that they are doing wrong but nevertheless choose to do so. Typical patterns of transgression that result in referral to Dr. Bebeau's course include inappropriate billing practices, improper relations with staff or patients, questionable advertising, substandard care, "rough behavior," and gaps in infection control.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Board of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mensing
authors.forename: Marshall
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shragg
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making; D003729:Dental Care / Q000941:ethics; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D019552:Infection Control, Dental; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics; D008005:Licensure, Dental; D008910:Minnesota; D009014:Morals; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000941:ethics; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care / Q000941:ethics; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000941:ethics; D028743:Professional Misconduct / Q000941:ethics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000941:ethics; D012073:Remedial Teaching