Working with Adults with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Needs
A Holistic Approach
$73.58
- Paperback
212 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2024
Summary
This practical guide encourages clinicians to treat eating, drinking and swallowing in a holistic way, keeping the client at the forefront of management by considering cultural, ethical and societal influences on the eating and drinking process. It draws on contemporary evidence to critically evaluate assessment and management strategies.
Closely aligning to the 20 RCSLT newly qualified practitioner eating, drinking and swallowing competencies, this book will provide clinicians with t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032311982 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032311983 |
| Author: | Sophie MacKenzie |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 212 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 580g |
| Dimensions: | 297mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Working With |
About The Author
Sophie MacKenzie
Sophie MacKenzie graduated from City, University of London in 1990 and has practised as a speech and language therapist in both acute and rehabilitation settings. She began her first academic role in 2007, combining clinical management of the acute SLT team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust with teaching at the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University on their PGDip pre-registration programme. She moved into fulltime academia in 2010 and has taught eating, drinking and swallowing to both undergraduate and postgraduate preregistration students, as well as post-registration Masters students at City, University of London.
In 2017 she completed her PhD which focussed on exploring spirituality with people with expressive aphasia. Person-centred and holistic care remain her passion, as well as the nurturing of future clinicians.
Sophie is currently a senior lecturer in SLT at AECC University College in Dorset, UK.
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