The perceptions of students in the allied health professions towards stroke rehabilitation teams and the SLP's role

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-214

  Insalaco, Deborah ^a   Ozkurt, Elcin ^a   Santiago, Digna ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; STROKE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUDENTS;

EID: 33947672343     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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