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Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach
. Ed(S): Lamster, Ira B.; Northridge, Mary E. (Columbia University)
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hardcover. Confronts two important oral health policy concerns in the United States: the disparities in the oral disease burden and the inability of certain segments of the population to access oral health care. This book examines this crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors' quality of life. Editor(s): Lamster, Ira B.; Northridge, Mary E. (Columbia University). Num Pages: 510 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1076.
This excellent new work confronts two important oral health policy concerns in the United States: the disparities in the oral disease burden and the inability of certain segments of the population to access oral health care. The book examines in depth this crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors' quality of life. It provides an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that will serve the elderly population.
This excellent new work confronts two important oral health policy concerns in the United States: the disparities in the oral disease burden and the inability of certain segments of the population to access oral health care. The book examines in depth this crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors' quality of life. It provides an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that will serve the elderly population.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer Nature United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
Number of Pages
510
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387743363
SKU
V9780387743363
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Lamster, Ira B.; Northridge, Mary E. (Columbia University)
Ira B. Lamster is Dean of the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. Mary E. Northridge is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Public Health and Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She co-edited the forthcoming Springer book on The Health of Sexual Minorities: Public Health ... Read more
Reviews for Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach
From the reviews: "Lamster (Columbia U. College of Dental Medicine) and Northridge (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia U.) take an interdisciplinary stance on the oral health of the elderly by compiling 21 contributions ... who view oral health in the context of physical and mental well-being. … The book is aimed at those in ... Read more