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Oral care in advanced disease
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patient Care.
- Stomatognathic Diseases.
- Disease Attributes.
- Disease.
- Health Services.
- Therapeutics.
- Pathologic Processes.
- Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Palliative Care.
- Chronic Disease.
- Mouth Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Patient Care.
- Stomatognathic Diseases.
- Disease Attributes.
- Disease.
- Health Services.
- Therapeutics.
- Pathologic Processes.
- Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Palliative Care.
- Chronic Disease.
- Mouth Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 221 p.) : ill. (some col.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive review of mouth care in chronically and terminally ill patients. The scope is wide covering not only cancer patients but also AIDS and stroke victims, and patients with a severe disability, providing a definitive reference source and practical accessible information.
- Contents:
- Oral assessment / Andrew Davies
- Oral hygiene / Petrina Sweeney
- Domiciliary dental care / Angus Walls
- Oral infections / Susan Brailsford and David Beighton
- Fungal infections / Ilora Finlay and Andrew Davies
- Bacterial infections / Jeremy Bagg
- Viral infections / Jeremy Bagg
- Salivary gland dysfunction / Andrew Davies
- Taste disturbance / Carla Ripamonti and Fabio Fulfaro
- Halitosis / Kate Shorthose and Andrew Davies
- Oral pain / John Meechan
- Miscellaneous oral problems / Anita Sengupta and John Eveson
- Head and neck cancer / Jan Roodenburg and Andrew Davies
- Oral complications of cancer treatment / Mark Chambers ... [et al.]
- HIV infection/AIDS / Louis DePaola and Arley Silva
- Chronic neurological diseases / Janice Fiske
- Paediatric problems / Richard Hain, Graham Roberts, and Victoria Lucas.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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