Science is an attitude: a response to Kamhi.

Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch

Florida State University, 127 Honors Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1200, USA.

Published: January 2011

Purpose: I provide alternative views to Kamhi's (2011) assertion that clinical practice cannot be scientific. I also discuss how the field of communication sciences and disorders might encourage scientific thinking about clinical practices in researchers and clinicians.

Method: Kamhi's three main points for why clinical practice cannot be scientific are discussed, and alternate perspectives are offered.

Results: Clinicians and clinical practice can be scientific and can contribute to changes in scientific orthodoxy.

Conclusion: Science is an attitude that needs to be instilled in future researchers and clinicians during their educational programs. Model clinical scientists should be used as role models when educating these individuals.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2009/09-0036)DOI Listing

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