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Oral care in advanced disease

Oxford Scholarship Online: Palliative Care Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Finlay, Ilora G., Contributor.
Davies, Andrew, Contributor.
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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