Perceptions of health care workers prescribing augmentative and alternative communication devices to children

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-222

  Lindsay, Sally ^a  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Augmentative and alternative communication; Barriers; Children; Health care providers' views; Speech language pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION AID; DECISION MAKING; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED CHILDREN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONTARIO; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 77951698458     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483101003718195     Document Type: Article

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