Dental needs in palliative care and problems in dental hygienist education: survey study of palliative care ward homepage, university syllabus, and academic conference abstracts

Abstract Background Although end-of-life patients have a variety of oral-related symptoms, the involvement of dentists and dental hygienists in the palliative care teams is limited. This study investigates the current state of palliative care education in universities that train dentists and dental...

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Main Authors: Madoka Funahara, Sakiko Soutome, Mitsunobu Otsuru, Yuki Sakamoto, Hiromi Honda, Yumiko Ikegami, Nagato Natsume, Masahiro Umeda, Atsuko Nakamichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01029-9