We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
THE TYRANNY OF WORDS IN MEDICINE.
- Abstract
Presents an article that was published in JAMA 100 years ago about the tyranny of words in medicine. Use of the word simple neurasthenia by a doctor to describe symptoms of a patient; Comments by William Gowers on the words that doctors should and shouldn't use in diagnosing patients; Reasons why some words are better to use than other words when diagnosing a patient.
- Subjects
MEDICAL language; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; DIAGNOSIS; NEURASTHENIA; GOWERS, William
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 12, p1512
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.12.1512