title: Culturally diverse patients and professionalism in dentistry.
abstract: A case is considered in which the father of an adult patient from another culture requests that only limited care be provided his daughter. Additional indicated treatment was declined. The patient appeared to defer to her father as a cultural norm. Various ethical principles and the conflicts among them are considered in light of cultural competency.
authors.affiliation: Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: deBrouwer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D026686:Beneficence; D002170:Canada; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000941:ethics*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D024382:Professional Role