Introduction: Many of the symptoms presented by palliative patients culminate in dysphagia
and communication disorders. Purpose: To analyze the opinion of palliative care patients …

Swallowing problems are reported to be a common finding in patients who receive palliative
care. In existing literature, the incidence of swallowing problems is mostly described in small …

Purpose: to identify the frequency of swallowing and feeding complaints in cancer patients in
palliative care, and to associate them with clinical and functional data. Methods: cross …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Aim: Speech and language therapists (SLTs) provide intervention for communication and
swallowing to patients with life-limiting conditions, such as dementia and head and neck …

Swallowing is one of those basic biological functions that most people take for granted--until
something goes wrong. Although common in the general population, dysphagia in palliative …

In reviewing the literature, there are few articles describing the role of the speech-language
pathologist in hospice. Communication impairments can impact upon the hospice team's …

Purpose: Given minimal studies describing the role and practice of speech-language
pathologists (SLPs) in adult palliative care, the aim of this review was to compile a database …