Journal Reviews

How long is too long? Waiting times for speech and language therapy

2 November 2020 | | Speech and Language Therapy | consumer, government, qualitative research, retention, service delivery, speech-language pathology, waiting list, workforce issues

Waiting lists are a reality of clinical practice, and many health and social care professionals become used to having to cope with this. The authors of this paper addressed this issue by examining written submissions to the 2014 Senate Inquiry...

Information to support decision-making: does it make sense online?

1 September 2019 | | Speech and Language Therapy | Aphasia, consumer health information, health literacy, internet, online, readability

The internet has become a major source for health information, with many people preferring to use the internet to search for advice than speaking to health professionals. Yet much of the information available is very difficult to read for the...