Palliative care curriculum for speech-language pathology students

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-285

  Mathisen, Bernice ^a   Yates, Patsy ^a   Crofts, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

interdisciplinary collaboration; palliative care; speech language pathology; speech language pathology clinical education; student training

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPEECH DISORDER; UNIVERSITY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79956063780     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682822.2010.495739     Document Type: Article

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