These people favoured what are sometimes called 'universal' solutions, for example, simplifying written information, jargon-free simple explanations and advice or providing recordings of key consultations for everyone, rather than as an option for those who are seen to require it [ 36].
(High tech! Facilitate the spread of information! The jargon of the wooden leg, of the wooden tongue).
You have the option to print a second patient-friendly version of this information that is jargon free and can be reviewed with your patient.
Sensors and cameras also fail to provide "origin-destination" (OD) statistics—jargon for information about where people are travelling to and from, and how long their journeys take.
Police can mine video files for hidden information ("metadata" in the jargon) that could help identify the camera's owner, or use face-recognition software on the people being filmed.
Careful consideration given to the content of information sheets, with excessive jargon avoided where possible, may also enhance recruitment [ 17].
The instructor will use clear health communication principles, avoiding jargon, making information culturally relevant, using language- and literacy-appropriate education materials, and using interpreter services when indicated (107, 129– 129).
For Gaddis, America is an inundation of extraneous facts and information: money, pop culture, business jargon, hack politicians, stupid celebrities and always-hustling con men and con women.
They also have DVDs, so they can watch a film twice to untangle its story, and the Internet, which allows them to look up a bit of jargon or insider information.
"We understand that people want information that is straightforward and jargon free and we admit that that's not always the case at the moment," says a spokesman for the Association of Train Operating Companies.
The Internet does make it easier to gather -- aggregate, as the jargon goes -- information, but not necessarily to make sense of it.
