Open AccessOral care in cancer nursing: Practice and barriers
Author(s) -
Radhika R Pai,
Ravikiran Ongole,
Sourjya Banerjee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_343_17
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing , audit , family medicine , oncology nursing , descriptive statistics , nursing care , cancer , protocol (science) , oral cancers , documentation , nurse education , alternative medicine , statistics , management , mathematics , pathology , computer science , economics , programming language
Oral health awareness and oral care are crucial aspects of oncology nursing practice. However, very few studies concentrate on the oral care of cancer patients undergoing cancer treatment and nursing practice in the Indian subcontinent scenario/situation. Most of the published studies have been conducted in the Western and European countries.