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[HealthLiteracy 2565] Plain Language Thesaurus - Simplified Medical Terms

Julie McKinney

julie_mcKinney at worlded.org
Tue Dec 9 13:28:06 EST 2008


Hi Everyone,

Recently someone asked about lists of medical terminology and the plain
language alternatives. We all shared a bunch of resources, but I did not
see this one that I just found. Check it out:

The Plain Language Thesaurus fo Health Communication
http://www.nphic.org/files/editor/file/thesaurus_1007.pdf

All the best,
Julie

Julie McKinney
Health Literacy List Moderator
World Education
jmckinney at worlded.org



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