Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4U0YeC08335; Thu, 29 May 2003 20:34:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:34:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20030530003105.BA0F56AD9C@highwire.stanford.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Linda Potter" <lspotter@att.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3999] The article on lay v. medical language (http://bmj.com) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Highwire Mailer Status: O Content-Length: 693 Lines: 27 ------------------------------------------------------------ Linda Potter (lspotter@att.net) has sent this article to you from BMJ: Patients prefer http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7399/1105-b?eaf ------------------------------------------------------------ Attached is the original article from the British Medical Journal. The preference for medical language is reasonable but Britain has much higher literacy standards than the US does. The use of both lay and medical language still seem the most useful way to present the info. ------------------------------------------------------------ This is sent to you as an email-a-friend feature from BMJ at http://bmj.com
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