Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Ira B. Lamster ,
J.C. Takamura ,
Mary E. Northridge
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.825kg
ISBN: 9781441925565
ISBN 10: 1441925562
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 29 October 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
By combining a lifespan approach to health with a biopsychosocial perspective on health disparities, the book places oral health in the larger context of physical and mental well-being ... an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that they can use to better understand and serve this steadily growing population. -Dentistry Today
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 dentistry, medicine, and aging studies, and in community and public health, health promotion, disease prevention, social work, and health care policy and planning. (SciTech Book News, June, 2008) By combining a lifespan approach to health with a biopsychosocial perspective on health disparities, the book places oral health in the larger context of physical and mental well-being ... an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that they can use to better understand and serve this steadily growing population. (Dentistry Today) ...examines in depth a crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors' quality of life... places oral health in the larger context of physical and mental well-being... of immediate interest to readers in dentistry, medicine, and aging studies, it also merits the attention of professionals and researchers involved in community and public health, health promotion, disease prevention, social work, and healthcare policy and planning. (News/Trends) ...the book is both factual and thought provoking. Some areas challenge our conscience and understanding of the particular dental needs of the older population... It is an essential read... (R. J. McGeoch, BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 206 NO. 10 MAY 23 2009)
Author Information
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 Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations.
