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How to obtain valid consent

BDJ Student volume 27, pages 24–25 (2020)Cite this article

By Alex Farrow-Hamblen, Final year dental student at Carlisle Dental Education Centre (DEC).

So. You've read the textbooks, you've been to the lectures and you've (finally) memorised the insertions of the muscles of mastication. You're nearly ready to see your first patients as a dental student! But hang on, how familiar are you with the General Dental Council's (GDC)'s 9 principles?1

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  1. General Dental Council (GDC). Focus on Standards: The 9 principles. Available from: https://standards.gdc-uk.org/ (Accessed October 2019).

  2. General Dental Council (GDC). Standards for the dental team. 2018. Available from: file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/NEW%20Standards%20for%20the%20Dental%20Team%20(7).pdf (Accessed October 2019).

  3. General Dental Council (GDC). Focus on Standards: The 9 principles - Principle 3: Obtain valid consent. Available from: https://standards.gdc-uk.org/pages/principle3/principle3.aspx (Accessed October 2019).

  4. British Medical Association (BMA). Medical students ethics tool kit: Consent for treatment - adults with capacity. 2018. Available from: https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/ethics/medical-students-ethics-toolkit/6-consent-to-treatment-capacity (Accessed October 2019).

  5. Burke, S. Consent and Capacity - Considerations for the Dental Team Part 2: Adults Lacking Capacity. Dent Update 2017; 44: 762-772.

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