Euphemisms In Healthcare

If you know the English language, then you should be familiar with a subset of language which covertly masks offensive or blunt terms. Some people aware of this phenomenon speculate that it is a cover-up for the challenges that reality harnesses, such as global warming or one’s honest thoughts. Whereas, others suspect that this usage helps the community achieve certain duties. Although both standpoints on the matter are typically correct in some ways, the use of euphemisms has done both harm and good. The good is that it aids doctors and healthcare professionals in treating patients feasibly by calming them down during difficult situations. As well as, allowing soldiers to focus their attention on the tasks at hand while avoiding the deterioration …show more content…
In a text titled Learning the Language, the author states that, “by reformulating a patient’s pain and problems into a language that the patient doesn’t even speak, [...] we are in some sense taking those pains and problems under our jurisdiction and also reducing their emotional impact” (Klass 94). In other words, if the doctor vocalizes information regarding the patient in medical jargon, the patient would not be able to decipher what is being uttered. By doing this, it aids both the professional and the patient by keeping the patient relaxed and calm so the professional can continue focusing on what he or she does best. Conversely, if doctors were to utilize the same language as patients to discuss patient care, the results could be hectic. For example, if a doctor were to say he or she attempted all but one form of cure for their condition, but to no avail, it would more than definitely strike the patient with fear and agitation. Consequently, increasing the breathing rate, blood pressure, and heart rate of that patient. In other words, if the patient becomes agitated, they tend to breathe faster, which may result in hyperventilation. Not to mention, increased blood pressure and heart rate may place heavier stress on their body. In turn, these additional conditions may further harm the sick person and increasingly …show more content…
That is, everything is becoming censored and the access to acquire this censored information is becoming more impenetrable as time goes on. To put it another way, the government and people are becoming more creative in discovering new contemporary ways to stow away the fear of what is certainly going on. For instance, television programs, internet websites, government information, news, and everything going on in the world is supposedly protected by soft language and the “politically correct.” Vast amounts of the population are distracted by this “politically correct” use of language to the point they are concealing their thoughts instead of revealing them for fear of offending others or being too blunt about a topic. By doing this, they are leading generations and generations after into a state of blindness in the long-term. Instead of making the population more conscious about seeking solutions to these challenges, they are speaking as if there is nothing to be scared stiff about when, indeed, there is. If they proceed with such phenomena, the world will be more likely to fall into a trap possessing a whole array of unsolved problems. For example, prejudice, political issues, racism, violence, xenophobia, death, homophobia, discrimination, global warming, bigotry, and body-shaming still exists in this world, but individuals happen to