Oral Care in Advanced Disease
Andrew Davies and Ilora Finlay
Abstract
Lesions of the oral cavity have an enormous impact on the quality of life of patients with advanced disease. They cause considerable morbidity and diminish a patient's physical and psychological well being. Oral complications impair oral nutrition and can cause a variety of problems including malnutrition, anorexia, and cachexia. Psychological problems relate to the role that the oral cavity plays in communication and social life. This book provides comprehensive, clinically relevant, evidence-based guidelines on oral problems to ensure first-rate care. The scientific foundations and research ... More
Lesions of the oral cavity have an enormous impact on the quality of life of patients with advanced disease. They cause considerable morbidity and diminish a patient's physical and psychological well being. Oral complications impair oral nutrition and can cause a variety of problems including malnutrition, anorexia, and cachexia. Psychological problems relate to the role that the oral cavity plays in communication and social life. This book provides comprehensive, clinically relevant, evidence-based guidelines on oral problems to ensure first-rate care. The scientific foundations and research base for their management underpin the discussion throughout. A multi-disciplinary group of contributors provide authoritative guidelines on clinical features, investigations, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, as well as complementary therapies. Chapters cover oral assessment, hygiene, domiciliary dental care, infections, taste disturbance, pain, HIV infection and AIDS, neurological diseases, and paediatric problems.
Keywords:
lesions,
oral cavity,
quality of life,
patients,
advanced disease,
morbidity,
oral complications,
oral nutrition,
malnutrition,
anorexia
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2005 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780192632432 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192632432.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Andrew Davies, editor
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
Ilora Finlay, editor
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff; Vice Dean, School of Medicine, Section of Palliative Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine
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