Medical setting considerations for the speech-language pathologist / Kristie A. Spencer, Jacqueline Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Kristie A., author.

Daniels, Jacqueline, author.

Series:

Medical speech-language pathology (Series)

Medical speech-language pathology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language disorders.

Speech disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages).

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Inc., [2020]

Summary:

This book is written to educate new clinicians on the unique skill set and knowledge base needed by a medical speech-language pathologist. The chapters contain information applicable to a broad range of medical and rehabilitation settings, while delving deeper into complex topics that merit extra attention, such as neuroimaging methods and medication side effects. Readers will come to appreciate the many roles and responsibilities of the speech-language pathologist in the medical setting, across the continuum of care.

Contents:

The medical environment : team members and organizational issues / Jacqueline Laures-Gore

Clinical populations encountered by the medical speech-language pathologist / Rene Ruzicka Kanadet, Doreen Kelly Izaguirre, Matina Balou, and Kristie A. Spencer

A guide to neuroimaging for the medical speech-language pathologist / Linda I. Shuster

Clinical considerations of medication use in patients with swallowing and communication disorders / Angela M. Hill, Katlynd Marie Sunjic, Alexandra E. Brandimore, and Sheeba Varghese Gupta

Infection control precautions for the speech-language pathologist / Jacqueline Daniels and Kristie A. Spencer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63550-104-0

OCLC:

1104082877