Treating patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder-SCDA members' attitudes and behavior

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Weil, Taryn N ^a   Bagramian, Robert A ^b   Inglehart, Marita Rohr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; attitudes; autism; behavior management; oral health care; special needs patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, DENTAL;

EID: 78751494670     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2010.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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