The Language of Healthcare

Abstract

Rosemary Rizq warns that the language we use to describe and report what we do can begin to dictate how we work with our clients ... It was at this point that I started to think seriously about the language and terminology that are increasingly deployed in our public services. And the more I thought about it, the clearer it became to me that there is a vocabulary out there, a lexicon created largely by the evidence-based movement (or perhaps the evidence-based regime), that is now essential, if not obligatory, for those working in the health professions. We're all familiar with this language.