Clinicians' perceptions of candidacy for conversation partner training in aphasia: How do we select candidates for therapy and do we get it right?

Aphasiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 616-643

  Turner, Sonja ^a   Whitworth, Anne ^b  

^a Newcastle Community Stroke Services   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONVERSATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745102492     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600687860     Document Type: Article

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