Fidelity: An essential component of evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-379

  Kaderavek, Joan N ^a   Justice, Laura M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Evidence based practice; Fidelity; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249233869     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0097)     Document Type: Article

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