Roles of speech-languge pathologists and nurses in providing communication intervention for nonspeaking adults in acute care: A regional pilot study

Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-17

  Braun Janzen, Colleen ^a,b   Sarchuk, Leslie ^a   Murray, Robert P ^c  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Deer Lodge Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Augmentative and alternative communication; Dysphagia; Nonspeaking; Nursing; Opinions; Practice patterns; Roles; Speech language pathology; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649097802     PISSN: 1913200X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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