Oral Care in Advanced Disease

Description

*Covers malignant and non-malignant disease, providing a definitive
reference source

*Provides practical, accessible information aimed at the whole multi-
disciplinary team

*Many of the issues relevant to mouth care in palliative medicine are
also relevant to other groups of dependent patients


Lesions of the oral cavity have an enormous impact on the quality of
life of patients with advanced disease. They cause considerable
morbidity and diminish a patient's physical and psychological well-
being. Oral complications impair oral nutrition and can cause a
variety of problems including malnutrition, anorexia, and cachexia.
Psychological problems relate to the role that the oral cavity plays
in communication and social life. This book provides comprehensive,
clinically relevant, evidence-based guidelines on oral problems to
ensure first-rate care. The scientific foundations and research base
for their management underpin the discussion throughout.

A multi-disciplinary group of contributors provide authoritative
guidelines on clinical features, investigations, and pharmacological
and non-pharmacological treatment, as well as complementary
therapies. Chapters cover oral assessment, hygiene, domiciliary
dental care, infections, taste disturbance, pain, HIV infection and
AIDS, neurological diseases, and paediatric problems. Highly
illustrated throughout, the book also includes an extensive colour
plate section



-Contents-

1 Andrew Davies: Introduction
2 Andrew Davies: Oral assessment
3 Petrina Sweeney: Oral hygiene
4 Angus Walls: Domiciliary dental care
5 Susan Brailsford & David Beighton: Oral infections - introduction
6 Ilora Finlay & Andrew Davies: Fungal infections
7 Jeremy Bagg: Bacterial infections
8 Jeremy Bagg: Viral infections
9 Andrew Davies: Salivary gland dysfunction
10 Carla Ripamonti & Fabio Fulfaro: Taste disturbance
11 Kate Shorthose & Andrew Davies: Halitosis
12 John Meechan: Oral pain
13 Anita Sengupta & John Eveson: Miscellaneous oral problems
14 Jan Roodenburg & Andrew Davies: Head and neck cancer
15 Mark Chambers, Adam Garden, James Lemon, Merrill Kies & Jack
Martin: Oral complications of cancer treatment
16 Louis DePaola & Arley Silva: HIV infection/AIDS
17 Janice Fiske: Chronic neurological diseases
18 Richard Hain, Graham Roberts & Victoria Lucas: Paediatric problems








Andrew Davies, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Royal Marsden
Hospital, Sutton, UK and Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff,
Vice Dean, School of Medicine, Department of Oncology and Palliative
Medicine, Cardiff University, UK