Dental health professionals' treatment of children with disabilities: A qualitative study

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 319-327

  Hallberg, Ulrika ^b   Strandmark, Margaretha ^b   Klingberg, Gunilla ^a  

^a National Orofacial Resource Centre for Rare Disorders Goteborg   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; Dentistry; Disability; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; ODONTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 14644405018     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350410001810     Document Type: Article

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