Marmara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Haydarpasa Kampusu Deontoloji AD, Tibbiye cad. No. 49, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Med Ethics. 2012 Jan;38(1):60-3. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100067. Epub 2011 Sep 2.
Understanding dental ethics as a field separate from its much better known counterpart, medical ethics, is a relatively new, but necessary approach in bioethics. This need is particularly felt in dental education and establishing a curriculum specifically for dental ethics is a challenging task. Although certain topics such as informed consent and patient rights can be considered to be of equal importance in both fields, a number of ethical issues in dental practice are only remotely-if at all-relevant for medical practice. Therefore, any sound approach to education in dental ethics has to recognise the unique aspects of dental practice in order to meet the needs of dental students and prepare them for the ethical challenges they may face during their professional practice. With this goal in mind, this paper examines the approach of the authors to dental ethics education and proposes a system to organise the topics of biomedical ethics for dental education. While the authors' perspective is based on their experience in Turkey, the proposed system of classification is not a rigid one; it is open to interpretation in other contexts with different social, cultural and professional expectations. Therefore, the paper also aims to inspire discussion on the development of an ideal dental ethics curriculum at an international level.
将牙科伦理学视为一个与更为人熟知的医学伦理学领域不同的领域，是生物伦理学中一个相对较新但必要的方法。这种需求在牙科教育中尤为明显，为牙科伦理学制定专门的课程是一项具有挑战性的任务。尽管在这两个领域中，某些主题（如知情同意和患者权利）可以被认为具有同等重要性，但牙科实践中的许多伦理问题与医学实践只有间接的相关性（如果有的话）。因此，任何关于牙科伦理学教育的合理方法都必须认识到牙科实践的独特方面，以满足牙科学生的需求，并为他们在专业实践中可能面临的伦理挑战做好准备。考虑到这一目标，本文探讨了作者对牙科伦理学教育的方法，并提出了一个为牙科教育组织生物医学伦理学主题的系统。虽然作者的观点基于他们在土耳其的经验，但所提出的分类系统并不是僵化的；它在其他具有不同社会、文化和专业期望的背景下是可以进行解释的。因此，本文还旨在激发关于在国际层面上制定理想的牙科伦理学课程的讨论。
