Communicative access and decision making for people with aphasia: Implementing sustainable healthcare systems change

Aphasiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-66

  Simmons Mackie, Nina N ^a,b   Kagan, Aura ^a   O'Neill Christie, Charlene ^b   Huijbregts, Maria ^c   McEwen, Sara ^d   Willems, Jacqueline ^e  

^a Aphasia Institute   (Canada)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^d Toronto Western Hospital ^*

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKILL; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; STAFF TRAINING; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751115466     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600798287     Document Type: Article

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