Attitudes of the dental team to the provision of care for people with learning disabilities

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 147-152

  Bedi, Raman ^a   Champion, Jackie ^a   Horn, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Prison Garth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dentists; Special needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL STAFF; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035408023     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2001.tb00244.x     Document Type: Article

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