Full Description
This text presents quality-of-life research from various fields, including psychology, public health and general health care; discusses how a patient-centred approach can be applied to basic oral and craniofacial research, clinical dental practice, community dental health issues and dental education; and addresses how oral health-related quality of life relates to treating and understanding different patient populations, such as children with special needs, patients with oral cancer and patients with chronic facial pain.
Contents
Quality of life and basic research in the oral health sciences; understanding the "quality" in quality care and quality of life; assessment of oral health-related quality of life; conceptual issues and research applications; quality of life aas a psychologist views it; a public health perspective; children; children and adolescents with special health care needs; older adults; does gender matter?; effects of race and ethnicity; impact of meical conditionsl; patients with oral cancer; methodology in theory and practice; refusing dental education; current status and future directions.
