Louise Cummings

Gebundenes Buch

Language in Dementia

Beschreibung

This book examines language and communication in clients with cognitive impairment and dementia and the treatment of these clients by speech-language pathologists, using real examples of language from individuals with neurodegenerative disorders. It is written for all medical and health professionals involved in the clinical management of dementia.

Autor

Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She teaches and conducts research in pragmatics, communication disorders, and public health reasoning. She is the author or editor of 18 books in these areas, including most recently Case Studies in Communication Disorders (2017) and Speech and Language Therapy (2018).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9781108476317
• ISBN-10: 1108476317
• Artikelnr.: 59986557