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Practices, knowledge and inter-professional relationships between speech pathologists and radiation therapists managing patients with head and neck cancer.

Alana R HutchisonBena CartmillLaurelie R WallElizabeth C WardCatriona HargraveElizabeth Brown
Published in: Journal of medical radiation sciences (2019)
Levels of awareness were found to be higher in SP group. Despite high levels of awareness, limited use of swallowing structure dose constraints and hence dosimetric information specific to swallowing was rarely used to optimise/guide multidisciplinary HNC acute care. Opportunities for enhanced collaboration between SPs and RTs should be considered.
Keyphrases
  • acute care
  • healthcare
  • radiation therapy
  • primary care
  • health information
  • quality improvement