In this week’s episode, Lisa Terry and Samantha Bradley, Senior Speech Pathologists from Monash Health, speak with Dr Laura Chahda, from the University of Melbourne, and Dr Lindsay Carey, from La Trobe University. Laura and Lindsay explore the role of speech pathology in palliative care through the lens of their award winning paper “Speech-language pathologists and adult palliative care in Australia”.

Follow this link to access Laura and Lindsay’s award winning paper from the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (member log in required):

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2020.1730966

Follow this link for information about the Speech-Language Pathology and Palliative Care Special Interest Group (member log on required – scroll towards the bottom of the page):

https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Resources_For_Speech_Pathologists/Non_SPA_Resources/Special_Interest_Groups/SPAweb/Resources_for_Speech_Pathologists/Non_SPA_Resources/Special_Interest_Groups.aspx?hkey=c1a0adee-4577-45e1-9c1e-31ee203f2789

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