Preparing Health Professionals to Provide Care to Individuals with Disabilities

Preparing dental graduates to provide care to individuals with special needs.

In 2004, the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) adopted a new standard that directs dental and dental hygiene programs to prepare dental professionals for the care of persons with special health care needs. This article reviews the demographics of individuals with special needs, documents that most dental schools provide their students with very limited educational opportunities related ...

Preparing to meet the dental needs of individuals with disabilities.

Dr. Waldman is Professor of Dental Health Services, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook; Dr. Perlman is Global Clinical Director, Special Olympics, Special Smiles and Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University. Direct correspondence to Dr. H. Barry Waldman, Professor of Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentis...

Preparing Canadian surgeons to provide care in the 21st century.

Access to health care for individuals with developmental disabilities from minority backgrounds.

In this project we examined access to health care by individuals with developmental disabilities in Kansas from low-income populations and from minority backgrounds. Four criteria for determining access were employed: availability, accessibility, affordability, and appropriateness of care. Factors that pose barriers and that facilitate access are described and recommendations are set out, with ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act and refusals to provide medical care to persons with HIV/AIDS.