Research on the Investigation of Consciousness on the Ethical View about Medicine and Life Ethics that Dentists have as Seen by Local Residents
Project/Area Number |
06672073
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
矯正・小児・社会系歯学
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Research Institution | Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine |
Principal Investigator |
SANO Shohe Tsurumi Univ., School of Dental Medicine, Assistant, 歯学部, 助手 (80162519)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SEKINE Toru Tsurumi Univ., School of Dental Medicine, Professor, 歯学部, 教授 (40097316)
YAMADA Hidenori Tsurumi Univ., School of Dental Medicine, Assistant, 歯学部, 助手 (60240032)
MATSUDAIRA Fumio Tsurumi Univ., School of Dental Medicine, Assistant Professor, 歯学部, 助教授 (10014135)
KITAMURA Tyuya Tsurumi Univ., School of Dental Medicine, Professor, 歯学部, 教授 (60064341)
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Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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Keywords | Medical ethics / Dental care / Dentist / Dental Student / Questionnaire |
Research Abstract |
It was aimed at to investigate how local residents consider on the ethical view about medicine and life ethics that dentists have, to examine tha image of dentists which is wanted in present day society, and to utilize the results for the education of dental students. The objects were 4291 people (1231 males and 3060 females) in 10 cities, 7 towns and 5 villages, and the investigation was carried out by collective interview method using the questionnaire being prepared. As to the state of practicing the ethics about medicine by dentists, "Sufficiently practical" and "Average" were 3.7% and 49.8%, respectively.And those considering that the lecture of the ethics about medicine is necessary for dental students were found by 71.1%. Further, in the groups who answered "Being practiced" and "Average" for the ethics about medicine, the dissatisfaction dental treatment and the demand to dentists were little, and it was suggested that local residents want the practice of the ethics about medicine for dentists. Besides, as to dental treatment, those who answered that they have experienced embarrassment by receiving dental treatment were 50.1% which was equivalent to about one half. As the concrete contents, there were many items related to the convenience of receiving treatment such as the period and the number of times of treatment, waiting time and others, and others, and the contents of diagnosis and treatment and insufficient explanation.Further, there were many people who answered "Due to insufficient explanation" as the cause of the problems arising between dentists and patients. As for the demand to dentists, the improvement of treatment techniques, scrupulous diagnosis and treatment, reliable dentists, and the sufficient explanation of the contents of diagnosis and treatment have been wanted. Also, the demands were high in younger generation, female and city residents.
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Research Products
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