Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective

Providing quality palliative care services is a national priority, and speech pathologists play an integral role in this area managing communication and swallowing difficulties. However, very little is known about the type and amount of palliative care education currently incorporated into Australia...

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Main Authors: Pascoe, Ashleigh, Breen, Lauren, Cocks, Naomi
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16867
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Cocks, Naomi
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description Providing quality palliative care services is a national priority, and speech pathologists play an integral role in this area managing communication and swallowing difficulties. However, very little is known about the type and amount of palliative care education currently incorporated into Australian speech pathology curricula and the preparedness of graduates to work in this field. This discussion paper summarises the role of the speech pathologist in palliative care and the preparedness of graduates to work in this field. Further research is required to develop a picture of the current educational practices in Australian speech pathology curricula.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-168672017-05-30T07:58:29Z Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective Pascoe, Ashleigh Breen, Lauren Cocks, Naomi Providing quality palliative care services is a national priority, and speech pathologists play an integral role in this area managing communication and swallowing difficulties. However, very little is known about the type and amount of palliative care education currently incorporated into Australian speech pathology curricula and the preparedness of graduates to work in this field. This discussion paper summarises the role of the speech pathologist in palliative care and the preparedness of graduates to work in this field. Further research is required to develop a picture of the current educational practices in Australian speech pathology curricula. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16867 fulltext
spellingShingle Pascoe, Ashleigh
Breen, Lauren
Cocks, Naomi
Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective
title Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective
title_full Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective
title_fullStr Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective
title_full_unstemmed Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective
title_short Being prepared for working in palliative care: The speech pathology perspective
title_sort being prepared for working in palliative care: the speech pathology perspective
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16867