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The key to quality end-of-life care is a trusting physician-patient relationship and satisfying
communication. Training and experience are needed to effectively share bad news, elicit …

This accessible resource offers valuable guidance for all student and practising speech and
language therapists (SLTs) who are working with older people with communication and …

A speech-language pathologist assessing swallowing function may determine that an
individual is no longer able to meet his or her nutritional needs safely through oral feeding …

Designed for easy use at the bedside, this manual contains the practical information health
care professionals need to provide optimal end-of-life care. The book presents a …

Purpose: Attempts have been made within the literature to clarify the role and scope of
speech–language pathologists (SLPs) within paediatric palliative care (PPC). As SLP …

In the next two decades, there will be advances in the diagnosis and treatment of the
disorders of aging that have the potential to change the way speech-language pathologists …

This article provides guidance on the integral role of physical therapy, occupational therapy
(OT), and speech language pathology (SLP) in palliative care (PC), underlining the …

Background Communication disorders are a challenge that many patients in palliative care
(PC) may encounter. This intervention area is emerging for the speech-language therapist …

Palliative Care is a relatively new subspeciality in which an interdisciplinary team works at
the invitation of the patient's physicians to address symptoms such as pain, anxiety, and …