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Dr Deborah Hersh has over 20 years of clinical and research
experience in speech pathology and has worked in the UK and
Australia. She has presented and published in the areas of
discharge practice, professional client relationships, clinical ethics,
group work for chronic aphasia, and goal setting in therapy. Deborah
is a Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia and a senior lecturer in
speech pathology at Edith Cowan University in Perth.
Correspondence to:
Deborah Hersh, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology,
School of Psychology and Social Science,
Edith Cowan University,
270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA, 6027
email:
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