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Why oral palliative care takes a backseat? A national focus group study on experiences of palliative doctors, nurses and dentists.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dry mouth in palliative care: A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines around the world.Palliative medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Evolving aspects of oral care in modern nursing: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of Dry Mouth in a Palliative Population: A Comparison Between Patient-Reported Symptoms and Clinical Oral Dryness Scale Measurements.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2026Article
- Oral Health in Palliative Care: An Exploratory Study of Public Dental Practitioners' Perceptions in Sydney, Australia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparison of nurse-led oral health care and dental professional-led oral health management in terminally ill cancer patients receiving palliative care: a longitudinal study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- A preventive care approach for oral health in nursing homes: a qualitative study of healthcare workers' experiences.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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- The perceptions of palliative care medical practitioners towards oral health: A descriptive qualitative study.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Dry mouth in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty: a study protocol for two intervention studies and a nested qualitative sub-study (the Dry mOuth Project, DROP).BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Oral health plays second fiddle in palliative care: an interview study with registered nurses in home healthcare.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Why oral palliative care takes a backseat? A national focus group study on experiences of palliative doctors, nurses and dentists.Nursing open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Aim: Poor oral care among frail older people at the end of life endangers quality of life. However, only few dying people have access to oral palliative care services. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate oral palliative care practices and referral patterns for palliative patients in the Brunei healthcare settings. Design: An exploratory qualitative study. Methods: Five focus groups were conducted among palliative care nurses ( Results: Analyses revealed four distinct themes emerging as current oral palliative care assessment and referral practice in the Brunei healthcare settings: "taking a back seat," "opportunistic oral care," "they refused and refused" and "challenging healthcare resources and oral palliative care."
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