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Lambert, Heather – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
As a patient approaches the end of life, he or she faces a number of very difficult medical decisions. Allied health care professionals, including speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and occupational therapists (OTs), can be instrumental in assisting their patients to make advance care plans, although their traditional job descriptions do not…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Role, Patients, Death
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Redley, M.; Prince, E.; Bateman, N.; Pennington, M.; Wood, N.; Croudace, T.; Ring, H. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) receive health care by proxy. It is family members and/or paid support staff who must recognise health problems, communicate with clinicians, and report the benefits, if any, of a particular treatment. At the same time international and national statutes protect and promote the right of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Decision Making, Health Services, Mental Retardation