Collaboration between social workers and dentists for care of people with special health needs (a commentary).
The difficulties faced by individuals with mental retardation, developmental and other disabilities in securing dental services are reviewed. The need for social workers to stimulate family members and other health care providers to collaborate with and challenge dental practitioners is emphasized.
Waldman
H Barry
HB
Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794-8706, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Perlman
Steven P
SP
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States