Qualitative studies with people with type 2 diabetes have highlighted the value they place in learning from the experience of others [ 16] and the potential gap between knowledge and understanding, with a need for more "understandable information" in "layman's language" [ 17].
"Just today alone, I've read three or four instances of the word 'advocate' being used incorrectly!" Evans, at eighty-eight, has published "Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters" — a polemic and style guide about our ever-growing need for concise, understandable prose.
Mr. Pissarro's need for reinforcement is understandable.
Though their need for speed is understandable in these difficult economic times, it is no excuse to throw caution to the wind.
The need for easily accessible, understandable and authoritative information about treatment options, including clinical trials, for consumers has also been acknowledged by Australian Senate Inquiries [ 2] and in the National Service Improvement Framework for Cancer [ 3].
For individual women, full information on the possible benefits and harmful effects of screening are essential to enable an 'informed choice' to be made and the need for accurate and understandable information has been emphasised recently (Baines, 2003; Thornton et al, 2003).
The need for some gloss is understandable, of course.
We are talking about the need for some fact-based, understandable, clear, engaging, frequent, cohesive, compelling, public wisdom that leads to wise action….
This is not isolation forced upon him by the understandable need for security, but a willful isolation from any dissenting views.
