Medical Speech-Language Pathology

A strong medical background is becoming more and more important for speech-language pathologists. In fact, 40,000 speech professionals already work in hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities.This superb 712-page reference-the first comprehensive guide to medical speech-language pathology-provides the complete medical information in a practical, accessible format. The book brings together contributions from more than thirty leading experts in speech-language pathology, neurology, otolaryngology, radiology, and psychiatry, and provides complete illustrated coverage of both the pathology and treatment of medically related speech disorders.

Medical speech-language pathology : an orientation	p. 1
The scope of medical speech-language pathology	p. 3
Medical ethics and the speech-language pathologist	p. 8
Neurocognitive communication disorders	p. 17
Brain imaging in aquired language disorders	p. 19
Assessment of aphasia	p. 53
Aphasia rehabilitation : postacute clinical management	p. 61
Cognitive-communication rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury	p. 71
Dementia : diagnostic approaches and current taxonomies	p. 94
Dementia : communication impairments and management	p. 110
Disorders of swallowing and voice	p. 129
Dysphagia : basic assessment and management	p. 131
The use of flexible endoscopy to evaluate and manage patients with dyshagia	p. 148
Voice disorders	p. 158
Rehabilitation of the head and neck cancer patients	p. 182
Topics in clinical collaboration and service delivery	p. 203
Psychogenic communication disorders	p. 205
Current trends and issues in health care delivery : what speech-language pathologists need to know	p. 213
Evidence-based practice and outcomes-oriented approaches in speech-language pathology	p. 223
Use of data in service delivery	p. 236
Clinical documentation in medical speech-language pathology	p. 247
Speech-language pathology in the intensive care unit	p. 260
Speech-language pathology practice in the acute care setting : a consultative approach	p. 284
Medical perspectives	p. 299
Issues in geriatric medicine	p. 301
Neurologic disorders : an orientation and overview	p. 315
Medical and surgical management in otolaryngology	p. 337
Drug-induced communication and swallowing disorders	p. 363
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