ORAL CARE IN ADVANCED DISEASE
Andrew Davies and Ilora Finlay (Eds)
Oxford University Press, 2005
221 pp
ISBN 0-19-263243-4
RRP £39.95, $US75.00
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This is a welcome book given the enormous effect that oral pathology can have on the quality of life for patients with advanced disease. The introductory chapters provide a clear description of oral assessment and oral hygiene, following which there are chapters on the various types of infections and some of the common symptoms including taste disturbance, halitosis and pain. The closing chapters deal with oral complications of cancer therapy, HIV/AIDS, chronic neurological diseases, and paediatric problems.
The book is comprehensive in scope and is well set out and there is a special section with 38 colour photographs that are particularly useful. However, I was a little surprised to see no mention of the cytoprotective agent, amifostine. Even if it is not yet available in the UK , I would have thought the published results of the randomized controlled trials are impressive enough to be mentioned. The increasing number of reports of osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with bisphosphonate therapy (particularly zoledronic acid) also escapes mention. But these quibbles aside, this book will be a useful addition to the library shelf in the palliative care unit where I work.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne , Australia
(June 2005)
Author Information
Dr. Andrew Davies is Consultant in Palliative Care, Royal Marsden Hospital , Sutton , UK
Professor Ilora Finlay is Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Andrew Davies
2. Oral assessment
Andrew Davies
3. Oral hygiene
Petrina Sweeney
4. Domiciliary dental care
Angus Walls
5. Oral infections - introduction
Susan Brailsford & David Beighton
6. Fungal infections
Ilora Finlay & Andrew Davies
7. Bacterial infections
Jeremy Bagg
8. Viral infections
Jeremy Bagg
9. Salivary gland dysfunction
Andrew Davies
10. Taste disturbance
Carla Ripamonti & Fabio Fulfaro
11. Halitosis
Kate Shorthose & Andrew Davies
12. Oral pain
John Meechan
13. Miscellaneous oral problems
Anita Sengupta & John Eveson
14. Head and neck cancer
Jan Roodenburg & Andrew Davies
15. Oral complications of cancer treatment
Chambers, Garden, Lemon, Kies & Martin
16. HIV infection/AIDS
Louis DePaola & Arley Silva
17. Chronic neurological diseases
Janice Fiske
18. Paediatric problems
Richard Hain, Graham Roberts & Victoria Lucas
Index
