Clinical Cases in Dysphagia

Provides students and clinicians an opportunity to gain insight into the unique and varied presentation and management of dysphagia across a range of different conditions and refine their clinical problem solving.

Author: Margaret Walshe
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/02/2018
Pages: 148
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781138087545

About the Author

Margaret Walshe, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Head of Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She has over 30 years' clinical experience in swallowing disorders and was instrumental in establishing the first postgraduate courses in dysphagia in the Republic of Ireland. She is a Vice-President of the European Society for Swallowing Disorders. Her research interests are acquired neurological dysphagia, implementation science and evidence-based practice.

　

Maggie-Lee Huckabee, PhD, worked clinically for 15 years before returning to university for a research degree. She is now a Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders, the University of Canterbury and Director of the Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research at St Georges Medical Centre in Christchurch New Zealand. Her research interests focus on the complexities of behaviourally driven neural adaptation and biomechanical change leading to swallowing recovery.