Savvy marketers can make the case to their lawyers that using understandable language is about more than customer experience; it is also about successfully conveying the message the lawyers want to convey.
This educational material will be evidence-based and elaborated using understandable language and different formats, including video and 2-3D animation.
When compared to graduates of U.S. medical schools, graduates of medical schools outside the U.S. rated themselves higher in items related to listening to the patient, yet lower in using understandable language.
Officials should use "understandable language" instead, a Cabinet Office spokesman said.
Experts agreed that for a good quality of SDM it is important that communication: should comprise an open dialogue with respect and empathy, and that care providers use understandable language, make clear agreements, are prepared to discuss decisions several times and make sure that other care providers are informed about the woman's decisions.
Findings from the observations of antenatal consultations showed that while at least 89.7% of providers greeted women and her companions with respect, spoke using understandable local language, and addressed women respectfully, only 66.5% of women were encouraged to ask questions and only 20.8% of providers responded to their questions (Table 6).
This needs to be done using easily understandable language, possibly using coloured illustrations, figures and possibly the use of add-back audiovisual technology/web-links. Better patient understanding of the randomisation process and its significance to the robustness of the results is crucial if we are to stand a chance in improving recruitment and retention.
He regretted, he said, using the street-fighter terminology of "subhuman mongrel" instead of just using more understandable language, such as, uh, "violator of his oath to the Constitution," uh, "The liar that he is".
Nugent said he regretted "using the street-fighter terminology of 'subhuman mongrel' instead of just using more understandable language, such as 'violator of… the Constitution.... the liar that he is.'" The 65-year-old "Motor City Madman" campaigned this week alongside Texas Atty.
The intervention consisted of an animated movie and lecture using simple understandable language.
An item such as "the doctor used understandable and non-technical language" may apply differently with a technical case (e.g., Pre-operative counselling for appendicitis) compared to one that is not as technical but much more emotionally charged (e.g., Breaking bad news).
