Dental service provision in Victorian residential aged care facilities

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-245

  Hopcraft, M S ^a   Morgan, M V ^a   Satur, J G ^a   Wright, F A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental care; Dentists; Directors of nursing; Residential aged care facilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 49749122641     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2008.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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