Sentence examples for lay terminology from inspiring English sources

Improved education about MOH and informative packaging of analgesics, highlighting the risks in preferred lay terminology (i.e. painkiller-induced headache), may reduce this iatrogenic morbidity and warrants further evaluation.

The current design of this study allows us only to infer the existence of a causal relationship – the differential treatment of medical and lay terminology suggests that the shift in language is creating a shift in perception.

Accordingly, many hospitals have moved towards a family-centered style of care emphasizing bedside rounds, use of lay terminology, and an interdisciplinary care team with the goal of promoting active participation of patients and their family members in the medical decision making process [23], [24], [25].

Indeed, even in a native language there is an element of translation from medical to lay terminology.

Only then is the doctor able to diagnose the condition and reassure a worried patient by explaining it in lay terminology.

Moreover, patients use lay terminology to refer to diseases, symptoms and indications that is not usually included in lexical resources in languages other than English.

We have recently worked on several case studies in which we have proposed a mapping between legal and lay terminologies.

However, much of the information and clinical terminology needs translation into lay language.

Language of presentation was counterbalanced across groups, meaning that no participant saw both the lay and medicalese terminology for the same disorder.

Differential understanding of lay and medicalese terminology, and the subsequent effects on lay perceptions of disease seriousness, representativeness and prevalence should be taken into consideration during medical communication with the public.

In doing so, it should draw upon lay interpretations and terminologies in order to stress the importance of seeking hospital care for all xifuva-type illnesses as well as seeking care for any subsequent attacks of an already diagnosed xifuva.