Science-based practice and the speech-language pathologist

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-196

  Lof, Gregory L ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; practice based evidence; pseudoscience; quackery; scepticism; scientific method

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUACKERY; SPEECH DISORDER; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUACKERY; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 79955393832     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2011.528801     Document Type: Article

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