Opinion: The Corruption of Medical Language
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:23h | UTCRichard 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)