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Opinion: The Corruption of Medical Language

21 Jan, 2018 | 14:23h | UTC

Richard Smith: The corruption of medical language – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Related: It’s not just you: science papers are getting harder to read – Nature (free) ‘It’s time to make sure research is understandable to all’ – The Telegraph (free) AND Scientific language is becoming more informal – Nature (free)

“Too often, academic journals are filled with complex language and turgid prose, which is intended not to inform the reader but to ennoble the writer”. (via @bmj_latest see Tweet)

 


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