Bioethics, dentistry and primary health care: regarding confidentiality

• Autor(a) principal: Colodette, Renata Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Moreira, Tiago Ricardo, Gomes, Andréia Patrícia, Siqueira-Batista, Rodrigo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/2036
• topic: Primary health care; Bioethics; Confidentiality; Odontologists; Atención primaria de la salud; Bioética; Confidencialidad; Odontólogos; Atenção primária à saúde; Bioética; Confidencialidade; Odontólogos

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze if the dentist surgeons working in the Primary Health Care (PHC) of the Health Service of the micro-region of Viçosa-MG, Brazil, would identify the bioethical problems described in the fictitious case presented and how they would deal with them in their professional practice. Methods: The study is quantitative and qualitative, conducted through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire to 48 dentists of the micro-region. A (i) descriptive analysis, and a (ii) content analysis according Laurence Bardin, were performed. Results: In the clinical situation presented, 85.4% of the participants identified a bioethical problem, with breach of confidentiality being the most reported (59.6%), however, when questioned about what their choice would be, 50.0% of the respondents would choose to break confidentiality as well. Conclusion: The lack of a bioethical foundation in decision making, observed in this study, reaffirms the need to implement permanent educational actions to assist these professionals in recognizing and in correctly determining the bioethical problems which eventually occur.