Development of a measure of communication activity for the acute hospital setting: Part II. Item analysis, selection, and reliability

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-66

  O'Halloran, Robyn ^a,d   Worrall, Linda ^a   Hickson, Louise ^a   Code, Chris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34247529320     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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