Purpose Diversification of the profession is an important element of combating racism, bias,
and prejudice in the speech-language pathology workforce at national and systemic levels …

Purpose End-of-life law governs end-of-life decision-making in clinical practice. There has
been little analysis of the specific legal issues relevant to allied health professionals working …

Purpose This research explored the role of Australian Speech-Language Pathologists
(SLPs) to identify SLP experiences and practices regarding adult palliative care (PC) …

Background Use of modified texture diets—thickening of liquids and modifying the texture of
foods—in the hope of preventing aspiration, pneumonia and choking, has become central to …

Purpose This article explores the challenges of risk feeding from an Australian Paediatric
Palliative Care perspective. There is currently limited evidence to guide risk feeding in …

Background Studies related to tube feeding in people with dementia (PWD) remain a
contested topic, neglecting the importance of speech-language therapists'(SLTs) role in …

Background: Speech and language therapy in palliative care is a developing discipline of
clinical practice. Research literature has highlighted that undergraduate palliative care …

Palliative care education for allied health professionals has received minimal research
attention. This longitudinal study followed the development of an education program for …

Objectives Decision‐making around dysphagia management is becoming increasingly
challenging due to the complexity of contexts associated with an ageing population. The …

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a central tenet of standard practice set out as a
professional standard for speech-language pathologists (SLPs). The result of this …