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decision-making.
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Helen Smith
is a member-elected member of the Speech
Pathology Australia Ethics Board. Helen has a longstanding interest
in ethics and has been involved in teaching ethics to speech
pathology students at Flinders University since 2000. Her Masters
research investigated how student speech pathologists learn
ethical practice.
Christina Wilson
is the Senior Advisor
Professional Issues at Speech Pathology Australia National Office
in Melbourne. In her current role, Christina supports the
management of ethical complaints to the Association and provides
professional and managerial knowledge input to a variety of project
and policy activities.
Correspondence to:
Helen Smith (BAppSc, MSc, CPSP)
Manager, Speech Pathology
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and St Margaret’s Rehabilitation
Hospital
email:
helen.smith4@health.sa.gov.auThis article was originally published as: Smith, H., & Wilson,
C. (2014). A reflection on ethical policy development: A case
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