Evaluating communication training for paid carers of people with traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 26, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1702-1715

  Behn, Nicholas ^a   Togher, Leanne ^a   Power, Emma ^a   Heard, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cognitive communication; Communication partner; Conversation; Paid carer; RCT; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84869451734     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.722258     Document Type: Article

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