Beginning to teach the end: The importance of including discharge from aphasia therapy in the curriculum

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-274

  Hersh, Deborah ^a   Cruice, Madeline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia therapy; Curriculum; Discharge; Speech pathology speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPOUSE;

AGED; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; SPOUSES;

EID: 77951585379     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820902994200     Document Type: Article

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