The field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has witnessed significant
changes since its inception. AAC services are now considered for a much greater number of …

Anxiety has been identified as one of the most severe and long-lasting symptoms
experienced by hospitalized children with cancer. Self-reports are especially important for …

Aims and objectives To describe the perspectives of healthcare professionals caring for
intubated patients on implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in …

Person‐centred care, with its central focus on the patient in partnership with healthcare
practitioners, is considered to be the contemporary gold standard of care. This type of care …

Background Identifying effective means of communication between patients and their health
care providers has a positive impact on patients' satisfaction, adherence, and health-related …

Objective To gain insight into how communication vulnerable people and health‐care
professionals experience the communication in dialogue conversations, and how they …

Disasters, which have increased in frequency and severity worldwide in recent years,
negatively affect all individuals and the environment in the region where they occur and …

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems can support communication
skills for people with significant developmental disabilities who experience complex …

Background Neonatal units care for sick and premature newborns, and staff meet the
children's parents on a daily basis. Some parents are immigrants and do not speak or …

Traditionally, hospital medicine services have been dominated by the physician and hospital
team, with significant barriers to patient-and family-centered care. This article offers …