Dental hygienists as providers in long-term care facilities

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-28

  Pickard, Ruth B ^a   Ablah, Carol R ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental Hygienist; Geriatric dentistry; Health services

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL FACILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; KANSAS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 15944366865     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb00368.x     Document Type: Review

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