Dentist patient relationship

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Dentist patient relation ship Treatment of whole human

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Dentist patient relation ship

Treatment of whole human

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Dentist patient relation ship• Connection, association, or involvement

between two people• Competency – knowledge and skill• Accountability• Fair treatment• Difficult patients• Harassment: sexual, verbal, physical,

psychological• Abiding / observingprofessional ethics

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Legal status• Islamic concept: physician patient relationship fits

into mould of contract of hiring / employment • ijarah (employ services of a person against some

consideration to be paid).• Employer/mustajirEmployee /ajir• Validity: conditions = services, consideration• To exclude disputes• Definite - nature of services and deadlines• Hadith: The one who employs someone should let

him know the remuneration

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Charging the patients• Controversy of ijara or not• Sh abu zahrah 1. all elements of ijara not

present 2. distress – so forced to pay• Farz-e-kafaya• Govt should remunerate• Charge to extent of necessity• If more than haram• Either to consider Efforts or outcome of

treatment• Signing of contract

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Analysis and comments• Jurists allow remuneration in this

collective obligation without exploitation

• Prophet SAW approved receiving of payment for treating a patient. Abu said al khudri

• Usual check up or cosmetic surgery is not a distress

• If t/m does not work he is not bound to return payment

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Confidentiality

• Trust worthy• Hadith: matters discussed in a meeting are

confidential and must not be disclosed beyond that meeting

• Disclosure is his judgment. Can not be forced to do. Only if it threatens others interests

• Liable for punishment and make good for harm done

• Specific cases: genetic disorder, infertility, birth of illegitimate child, cause of depresssion etc.

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Telling the truth• Dying patient: return to god, repent, will, debt,

creditors• Side effects of drug• Experimentation• Out come of procedure• Saving life at cost of right to information• Risk must never be more than expected benefits• Competency of dr and his colleagues

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