Jargon

the healthcare organizations, there are several barriers that can cause patient care to diminish such as: Gender Culture and ethnicity Generational differences Hierarchy Differences in language and jargon Personal values and expectations Complexity of care Barriers in the healthcare organization occur within the disciplines, most notable between patients, physicians, surgeons, nurses and nurse managers and often the barriers manifest between nurses and patients. One barrier that…

At a professional interpreter conference in 2013 a presenter stated, "The interpreter is the sole holder of all information in an interpreted encounter." The information that the interpreter holds is linked to the language and culture of the parties involved. Sociolinguistics is the study of how language interactions between members of social networks and between different social networks. This field also studies how language and culture are perceived by the interlocutors or the audience of the…

think before they post and consider obtaining consent from their children before exhibiting them to the internet. Lafrance’s skillful choice of words aide in presenting her argument against broadcasting children on social media. Her use of internet jargon not only establishes her credibility…

In the book named Gay New York, the author yet a historian, George Chauncey, brought to the world audience a vibrant yet astoundingly transparent cultural history of gay men in the New York City between 1890 and 1940. In the book, Chauncey unearths a hidden gay male world that was not thought to exist before the World War II in New York City because of the myths of isolation, invisibility, and self-hatred or internalization of gay men in the past history. In the 1920s, gay men had their secured…

So you know exactly where to get a good doctor excuse template for writing yourself an excuse for being out of school for one day. Great! But, now what? How do you fill it out in a way that makes it seem convincing? How do you make it look at as real as possible? 1) Do not make it too perfect. A good way to get caught is to try to make it absolutely perfect. In fact, insurance companies sometimes refer medical records that look too perfect to their fraud department to check and make sure the…

Grant Park, home to leisure walks and picnics decorated by carefully laid brick pathways, contiguous green spaces, and the booming Buckingham Fountain with the Chicago skyline as backdrop for three days traded in its calm environment for loud crowds of energetic, bustling, loyal sports fans excited to be a part of the NFL Draft Town. Football, the American sport beloved by so many had another exciting weekend. And no it wasn’t kickoff season or the Super Bowl, rather it was draft time. As…

Little Red Riding Hood Revisited by Russell Baker In an effort to make the classics accessible to contemporary readers, I am translating them into the modern American language. Here is the translation of the Little Red Riding Hood: Once upon a point in time, a small person named Little Red Riding Hood initiated plans for the preparation, delivery, and transportation of foodstuffs to her grandmother, a senior citizen residing at a place of residence in a wooded area of indeterminate…

In some cases I think a medical terminology interpreter would be beneficial. In my own experience I have had doctors that would not even utilize medical terms to make it easier for me to understand, but more often than not specifically in a hospital setting physicians tend to use medical terms and I am left using google to figure out what they explained to me. If a facility were. To offer an. Interpreter, that person should absolutely be regulated and mandated just as doctors and nurses are…

being literate in terms of culture, relationships, and beliefs. Furthermore, if I opt to go to law school, which is a serious possibility, I will regularly use both types of literacy. Legal documents are notorious for their use of confusing syntax and jargon, yet another type of literacy to learn. Nevertheless, I am certain of one thing, the use of my literacy will not escape me in this…

contamination, etc.) and they are the focus of creating a sustainable future. While the theory of these costs can get rather contemplated, being examined in scholarly journals, Masumoto states it very simply in his memoir. He does not use progress-stalling jargon; he states the facts. Sterility is such a concern that the human population has found very effective ways to generate it, but they have not found safe ways to generate it; therefore, the question arises, “Should modern agriculture…