Informing the debate on oral health care for older people: A qualitative study of older people's views on oral health and oral health care

Gerodontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Borreani, E ^a   Jones, K ^a   Scambler, S ^a   Gallagher, J E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Barriers; Life course; Older people; Oral health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; DENTITION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MOUTH DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTITION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATE DENTISTRY; TOOTHACHE; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77149175941     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2009.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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