'Thinking for two': A case study of speech and language therapists working through assistants

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-235

  McCartney, Elspeth ^a   Boyle, James ^a   Bannatyne, Susan ^a   Jessiman, Emma ^a   Campbell, Cathy ^b   Kelsey, Cherry ^b   Smith, Jennifer ^a   McArthur, Jane ^a   O'Hare, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistants; Efficacy research; Indirect therapy; Service delivery; Speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY ASSISTANT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; SUPPORT GROUP; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 18844442007     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820400016514     Document Type: Article

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