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The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team
The palliative doctor gives the ‘touch of God’ as he/she takes care of the terminally ill patient. The oncologist encounters great difficulties in managing oral cavity problems of these patients. A trained dental doctor can help other doctors in dealing with these situations. But the general dental...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21811352 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.68408 |
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description | The palliative doctor gives the ‘touch of God’ as he/she takes care of the terminally ill patient. The oncologist encounters great difficulties in managing oral cavity problems of these patients. A trained dental doctor can help other doctors in dealing with these situations. But the general dental surgeon does not have enough idea about his part in these treatments. The community is also unaware of the role that a nearby dentist can play. Adequate training programs have to be conducted and awareness has to be created. A trained dentist will be a good team mate for the oncologist or radiotherapist or other doctors of the palliative care team. In this paper, a brief attempt is made to list a few areas in which a palliative care dentist can help other members of the palliative care team and also the patient in leading a better life. |
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spelling | pubmed-31444352011-08-02 The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team Mol, Rani P Indian J Palliat Care Review Article The palliative doctor gives the ‘touch of God’ as he/she takes care of the terminally ill patient. The oncologist encounters great difficulties in managing oral cavity problems of these patients. A trained dental doctor can help other doctors in dealing with these situations. But the general dental surgeon does not have enough idea about his part in these treatments. The community is also unaware of the role that a nearby dentist can play. Adequate training programs have to be conducted and awareness has to be created. A trained dentist will be a good team mate for the oncologist or radiotherapist or other doctors of the palliative care team. In this paper, a brief attempt is made to list a few areas in which a palliative care dentist can help other members of the palliative care team and also the patient in leading a better life. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3144435/ /pubmed/21811352 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.68408 Text en © Indian Journal of Palliative Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Mol, Rani P The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team |
title | The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team |
title_full | The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team |
title_fullStr | The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team |
title_short | The Role of Dentist in Palliative Care Team |
title_sort | role of dentist in palliative care team |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21811352 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.68408 |
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