Reconciling the perspective of practitioner and service user: Findings from the Aphasia in Scotland study

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-560

  Law, James ^a   Huby, Guro ^b   Irving, Anne Marie ^c   Pringle, Ann Marie ^d   Conochie, Douglas ^a   Haworth, Catherine ^a   Burston, Amanda ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aphasia; practice.; qualitative; speech and language therapy; stroke

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

APHASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCOTLAND; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 77957607048     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903308509     Document Type: Article

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