title: Knowledge, attitudes and practice of healthcare ethics and law among dental graduates at the RV dental college, Bengaluru.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices among the dental graduate in relation to healthcare ethics and law.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study design was employed using a self-administered questionnaire. A 15 item questionnaire about law and ethics was devised; tested and made available to all levels of graduates including teaching staff, postgraduates and intern at dental college in Bengaluru. A total of 116 graduates participated, with a response rate of 96.5% (n = 112).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-six percent of the participants said that they are legally bound to treat all the patients who approach them for the treatment. Nearly 32% of the participants have mentioned the various other reasons for the rejection apart from the reason like HIV+, poor patients and patients with the contagious disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study points to the need for appropriate training among graduates including the professional staffs and other graduates, and to devise means to sensitize them to issues of law and ethics in the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Navodaya Dental College and Hospital, Raichur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Kirankumar B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Dhanappa
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, KLE Institute of Dental Sciences Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mn
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics SB Patil Dental College and Hospital, Bidar, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ramakrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravi
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences and Research, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Jayachandra
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mg
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics SB Patil Dental College and Hospital, Bidar, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Periodontics, SB Patil Dental College and Hospital, Bidar, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sharaschandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Biradar
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003729:Dental Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003792:Dental Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003815:Dentists / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D004497:Education, Dental; D004990:Ethics, Dental / Q000193:education*; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence