I can't sleep at night with discharging this lady: The personal impact of ending therapy on speech-language pathologists

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-291

  Hersh, Deborah ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aphasia; Discharge from therapy; professional issues; qualitative research; reflective practice; service delivery

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPEECH THERAPY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 77954296004     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549501003721072     Document Type: Article

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