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Example of language of medicine. Not normal for the human body. No radiation of chest pain. Language allows for complex thought and consciousness.
Allergy noun allergic adj. We knew the baby was coming right away because the womans labour pains were acute. Many terms used every day can contain potential bias.
Perhaps prostate cancer provides the clearest example in medicine of how particular choices about language predetermine thinking. Thanks to EHRs the language of medical documentation has interesting sentence structures. By and large English is still the main language used in medicine in the United States.
Medical Terminology eases clinical proceedings and enables everyone involved in the process of treatment and care to perform more efficiently for the patients benefit. The Orange by Wendy Cope. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.
Medical Terminology is language used to describe the human body extensive and rich history in Latin and Greek languages. Doctors and medical journals should use person first languagefor example person with substance use disorder instead of language that defines people by an illness such as addict Two other unacceptable examples are abuse and misuse because these express judgment. ANTIRETROVIRAL drug that works against the growth of certain viruses.
The Institute of Medicines recent report defines health literacy as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions In any situation a person decides what to do based on an understanding of facts issues options for action and consequences. In the medical field doctors quite often use different medical terms interchangeably but depending on the situation and. ADJUVANT helpful assisting aiding supportive.