Now that you have completed all the readings for the class, including the Texas Medical Association article “Understanding Your Patients: Cultural Competency Can Make the Difference (Links to an external site.)” and had a look at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association’s code of ethics (see previous pages) you are ready to address the final assignment for this class.Bylaws and Code of Ethics authored by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA (Links to an external site.)) (linked here, see pages 32–38)
Core to the Code of Ethics are the following values (summary provided by DentistryIQ (Links to an external site.) (2014):
- “Autonomy: To guarantee self-determination of the patient
- Confidentiality: To hold in confidence or secret information entrusted by the patient
- Societal trust: To ensure the trust that patients and society have in dental hygienists
- Nonmaleficence: To do no harm to the patient
- Beneficence: To benefit the patient
- Justice and Fairness: To be fair to the patient
- Veracity: To tell the truth; not to lie to the patient”
Posting 1: This is what you have to answer
- Explain the importance of ‘Cultural Competency’ in health care.
- Discuss what you will take forward from this class as a healthcare professional.
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