书目名称 | Improving Oral Health for the Elderly | 副标题 | An Interdisciplinary | 编辑 | Ira B. Lamster,Mary E. Northridge | 视频video | | 概述 | Little material available on oral health for elderly.Includes supplementary material: | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach...Edited by Ira B. Lamster, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York..Mary E. Northridge, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York...Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach. examines in depth a crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors’ quality of life. By combining a lifespan approach to health with a biopsychosocial perspective on health disparities, this book places oral health in the larger context of physical and mental well-being. Chapter authors emphasize elders’ distinct needs as a group, the interplay of factors contributing to the oral disease burden (from increased tooth retention to the absence of dental benefits as part of Medicare), and the necessity—and overall benefits—of improved service delivery and interdisciplinary care. The result is an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that they can use to better understand and serve this steadily growing population....Among the topics covered:.....Access to oral health care...Common illnesses and conditions affecting seni | 出版日期 | Book 2008 | 关键词 | Oral health; aging; cancer; dentistry; elderly; geriatrics; public health; quality of life | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74337-0 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4419-2556-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-74337-0 | copyright | Springer-Verlag New York 2008 |
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