Introduction: Palliative care is described as an approach that aims to promote quality of life,
when facing life-threatening diseases, in order to prevent and relieve suffering. The speech …

Introduction: Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people facing a serious or
incurable disease, through the prevention and relief of suffering and the treatment of pain …

Introduction: Hospital environments are among the different professional contexts in which
speech therapists can work. Patients with cancer or at their final stage of life are eligible for …

Purpose: To identify speech-language pathologists' perception on their performance in
palliative care at a public hospital in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Methods: It is a descriptive …

Introduction: Oropharyngeal dysphagia impacts on quality of life of persons under palliative
care. Objective: To discuss the literature about quality of life of adults and older people living …

Purpose: to describe the speech therapy aspects of patients treated by the palliative care
team in a hospital. Methods: an observational and cross-sectional study, performed from …

Background In many cases, older adults reach the end of their lives suffering from different
health conditions that interfere with their communication, limiting their opportunities to …

Hersh (2010) raises important issues regarding the ending of the therapeutic relationship. In
this paper, we will explore this concept in relation to speech-language pathology (SLP) and …

Introduction: Dysphagia and communication changes are common in life-limiting conditions
and Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) involvement to facilitate effective communication …

The aim of this study was to integrative review of publications concerning the role of speech
and language therapists in regards to communication strategies in palliative care, as well as …