Augmentative and alternative communication in acute and critical care settings / / Richard Hurtig and Debora Downey
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| Autore: |
Hurtig Richard
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| Titolo: |
Augmentative and alternative communication in acute and critical care settings / / Richard Hurtig and Debora Downey
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| Pubblicazione: | San Diego : , : Plural Publishing, , [2009] |
| ©2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.85/503 |
| Soggetto topico: | People with disabilities - Means of communication |
| Communication devices for people with disabilities | |
| Critical care medicine | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | DowneyDebora |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | History of AAC -- Challenges -- The impact of assistive technology (AT) in acute care settings -- Assessment protocol -- Switches as the first step to establishing communication -- Iowa AAC templates -- Mounting/access issues -- Pain management -- Environmental control units (ECU) -- Bad news : communication issues -- Cases -- Setting up and funding an assistive technology service -- Useful products and links. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book reviews the more traditional use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and expands it into the acute and critical care arenas. It is a ""how-to"" handbook filled with protocols, realistic solutions for implementation across hospital units and rich case examples that provide validation of the efficacy of AAC with the acute care population. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Augmentative and alternative communication in acute and critical care settings |
| ISBN: | 1-59756-782-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821634503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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