title: Is it unethical to have a policy for medicaid-enrolled patients that allows termination of the relationship when the patient does not show up or call?
authors: American Dental Association Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors: L Stephen
authors: LS
authors: Ortego
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003142:Communication; D003729:Dental Care / Q000941:ethics*; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011050:Policy Making; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D014956:Writing