Medicalese

Remember learning a new language in medical school? Imagine what it is like for our patients - who may have no idea what we are talking about if we speak to them in our language. It happens more often than we think. Medicalese, the new Spanish...

Article from today's NY Times

How often have you left a doctor’s office wondering just what you were told about your health, or what exactly you were supposed to be doing to relieve or prevent a problem? If you are a typical patient, you remember less than half of what your doctor tries to explain...