Oral health care - A low priority in nursing: In-depth interviews with nursing staff

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-142

  Wårdh, Inger ^a   Hallberg, Lillemor R M ^b   Berggren, Ulf ^c   Andersson, Lars ^a   Sörensen, Stefan ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interview; Nursing staff; Oral health care; Priority

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STAFF;

AGED; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE;

EID: 0033828330     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2000.tb00574.x     Document Type: Article

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