title: Safety concerns and multidisciplinary management of the dysphagic patient.
abstract: The interdisciplinary health care team is responsible for providing medical care based on a patient-centered model while maintaining professional and ethical standards. However, an emerging body of research suggests that ineffective and inappropriate care, or fatal errors, arise from the lack of productive communication between patients, families, and medical caregivers. This has prompted the evolution of a new health care discipline, patient safety, which became increasingly prominent in the 1990s. The purpose of this article is to bridge the gap between the discipline of patient safety and its relationship to the diagnosis of dysphagia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, The Kingsbrook Jewish Rehabilitation Institute, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 585 Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. cgiammarino@kingsbrook.org
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giammarino
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moriarty
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cristian
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061214:Patient Safety; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000379:methods*