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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.au This article was originally published as: Smith, H., & Wilson, C. (2014). A reflection on ethical policy development: A case example of a hospital patient with dysphagia. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology , 16 (2), 98–102.

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