Closing the evidence, research, and practice loop: Examples of knowledge transfer and exchange from the field of aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-548

  Kagan, Aura ^a,b   Simmons Mackie, Nina ^c   Gibson, Jane Brenneman ^d   Conklin, James ^e   Elman, Roberta J ^f  

^a Pat Arato Aphasia Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^f Aphasia Center of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Communicative access; Knowledge transfer and exchange

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77952559237     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030902935959     Document Type: Article

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