Does it work? Why does it work? Reconciling difficult questions

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-168

  Hayhow, Rosemarie ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice (EBP); Lidcombe program; Research methodologies; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPEECH THERAPY; STANDARDS; STUTTERING;

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STUTTERING;

EID: 79952758420     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682822.2010.490572     Document Type: Review

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