Research Catalog

Title

Scientific thinking in speech and language therapy / Carmel Lum.

Author

Lum, Carmel.

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Details

Description

xxii, 259 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "A great issue in health science is the determination of the efficacy of methods used in practice. This text could be used as a course in critical thinking at the undergraduate level, and as a revision lesson for practitioners in speech science - and even in other therapeutic practices.".
• "The text is unusual in its emphasis on explaining fundamental ideas important in developing the discipline of scientific thinking. The examples are drawn from classic work in the philosophy of science, scientific method, and scientific reasoning. The author has used the text in teaching students and qualified health professionals.".
• "This book will be essential reading for undergraduates and post graduates in speech pathology. But as a concise statement of the use of the scientific method in professional health practices, it deserves a much wider audience."--BOOK JACKET.
• "This is a book that attempts to make explicit the meaning of science as a guiding philosophy providing standards for determining truthful knowledge or evidence in clinical practice. It is written specifically for practitioners in speech and language pathology.".

Subjects

• Speech therapy > Research > Methodology
• Speech Therapy
• Science > Methodology
• Language Therapy

ISBN

080584029X (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001040471

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries