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    Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals

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    Authors
    Delgado, M.B.
    Plessas, A.
    Burns, L.
    Neilens, H.
    Griffiths, S.
    Latour, Jos
    Date
    2021
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Delgado, M.B. and Plessas, A. and Burns, L. and Neilens, H. and Griffiths, S. and Latour, J. 2021. Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 27 (10): pp. 504-515.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Palliative Nursing
    DOI
    10.12968/ijpn.2021.27.10.504
    ISSN
    1357-6321
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    Curtin School of Nursing
    Remarks

    This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Palliative Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2021.27.10.504.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94045
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Aim: To explore the oral care experiences of palliative care patients and of those who support or deliver oral care to these patients: nurses, doctors, dentists, their relatives and carers. Data Sources: An electronic search of the databases included: Embase, MEDLINE, DOSS, AMED and PsycINFO was performed. Data selection: Six articles were included in the final synthesis. Data extraction: Thematic analysis was applied by two researchers. Data synthesis: Three themes were identified: 'performing oral care', 'effects on oral health' and 'challenges in palliative care'. Conclusions: Despite similarities of oral care experiences, this review identified some differences, crucially in terms of the wider impact of oral symptoms, namely social interactions with others and challenges to oral care.This confirms the need to investigate these topics further in relation to different stakeholders, such as nurses; and to have consistent guidance to facilitate the provision of effective oral care to palliative care patients.

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