Ethics – SaudiDent https://www.saudident.com Your Growing Dental Community. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:39:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.7 Confidentiality! https://www.saudident.com/confidentiality/ https://www.saudident.com/confidentiality/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:36:13 +0000 https://www.saudident.com/?p=7527 Patients can share anything they want about their treatment with anyone they want but the dentist and dental staff is not allowed to do so. Patients can, however, waive their privilege by filing a legal action, by publishing the treatment in a public forum or on social media, or through specific statutory exceptions.

Ref. Dental Abstracts | Volume 61, Issue 6, Page 286

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In 04-11-2011 we have published a poll about the growing habit of posting patients’ photos on Facebook. As a result, we have received a total of 103 votes:

  • 40 votes (38.83%) indicated that this practice should be approved by patients.
  • 32 votes (31.07%) expressed their approval of this practice as long as it is for educational purposes.
  • 19 votes (18.45%) expressed their total rejection to this practice and believe no reasons should justify it.
  • 7 votes (6.8%) believe it is ok to publish patients’ photos on Facebook!.
  • 5 votes (4.85%) expressed some thoughts such as (Only teeth should be shown and no face, only intra-oral images can be published and some believes of knowledge sharing).

I believe that this issue is very sensitive and many dentists still publish their patients’ photos to online social network such as Facebook without having a permission to do so. I guess it is time to have a policy and regulation regarding this practice which will ensure that the privacy of our patients is maintained.

Share Your Thoughts.

]]> https://www.saudident.com/do-you-agree-on-posting-patients-photos-on-facebook-result/feed/ 0 Do you agree on Posting Patients’ Photos on Facebook? https://www.saudident.com/do-you-agree-on-posting-patients-photos-on-facebook/ https://www.saudident.com/do-you-agree-on-posting-patients-photos-on-facebook/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:35:04 +0000 https://www.saudident.com/?p=624 Facebook is getting more of dental professionals joining it everyday. More of dental pictures are posted there either for educational purposes or for patients attraction, or simply a show off. Always there is a hot topic about displaying patients’ dental photos or their eyes unmasked or showing their total face or body. This practice should be controlled by ethics and regulations. Our SaudiDent.com Member (Murtada Hassan Aldoukhi) has initiated this topic, and I am pushing it forward for voting to get some insights from you. So you are invited to share your vote and opinion.

 

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N.B. This topic will be frequently updated!

UPDATE #1 : April 11, 2011

  • 43.75% Voted for (( Only if for Educational Purposes ))
  • 37.5% Voted for (( No ))
  • 18.75% Voted for (( Patient should approve it ))

Cast Your Vote!

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UPDATE #2 : April 22, 2011

  • 36% Voted for (( Only if for Educational Purposes ))
  • 36% Voted for (( No ))
  • 28% Voted for (( Patient should approve it ))

Cast Your Vote!

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UPDATE #3 : May 06, 2011

  • 34% Voted for (( Patient should approve it ))
  • 32% Voted for (( No ))
  • 32% Voted for (( Only if for Educational Purposes ))

Cast Your Vote!

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