Reza Shaker  Peter C. Belafsky
Gregory N. Postma  Caryn Easterling
Editors

2013

A Multidisciplinary Text for Swallowing and its Disorders

Deglutology , like no other medical fi eld, is in need of convergence of many contributory disciplines to develop a transdisciplinary model to further improve patient care, advance research, and facilitate education. Despite steady progress in recent years, various aspects of Deglutology have evolved within various medical disciplines resulting in fragmentation of expertise, knowledge, and skills which not only have hampered the progress of the field but also have resulted in the fragmented and inconsistent patterns of care for patients with dysphagia.