Oral health problems among palliative and terminally ill patients: an integrated systematic review

• Main Authors: Munikumar Ramasamy Venkatasalu (Author), Zaidah Rizidah Murang (Author), Divya Thirumalai Rajam Ramasamy (Author), Jagjit Singh Dhaliwal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background High incidence of treatable oral conditions has been reported among palliative patients. However, a large proportion of palliative patients lose their ability to communicate their sufferings. Therefore, it may lead to under-reporting of oral conditions among these patients. This...