Safety Considerations for Patients with Communication Disorders in Rehabilitation Medicine Settings

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-347

  Cristian, Adrian ^a   Giammarino, Claudia ^a   Olds, Michael ^a   Adams, Elizabeth ^a   Moriarty, Christina ^a   Ratner, Sabina ^a   Mural, Shruti ^a   Stobart, Eric C ^a  

^a KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Patient safety; Rehabilitation medicine

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; REHABILITATION;

EID: 84860239214     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2012.02.017     Document Type: Review

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