What do you think about the use of medical jargon?

[pushpitasarkar]

I was familiar with most of the medical jargon included in this book by the author. The only one that I had to look up was SSRI. I suppose when you are involved with the field of medicine for as long as the author has been, medical jargon becomes everyday chitchat!

[Brenda Creech]

Probably not as much as she did. However, as a retired nurse, I can attest to using medical jargon. You use it all day long while working, and it becomes a second language. It is easy to forget that those not in the medical field may not understand what you are talking about because it has become second nature. I do believe it can help readers learn what many medical terms are, and that is a good thing in case they get sick because if the healthcare professional talks in medical terms to them, they will at least have a general idea of what they are facing!

[Sushan Ekanayake]

It's not entirely out of place to do that. It's a book anchored on medical health, and there's really no realistic way the author could have avoided the use of medical jargons entirely. So the usage for me isn't a lot to handle.

Well it is inevitable for a medicine related book to carry medical terms. But too much use of technical terms will avert the common reader from such a book as he has to make an extra effort to understand what has been said. So it is better if the medical jargon was more simplified and explained in more simple terms.

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I also thought that there were a lot of medical terms in this book, even though the focus seems to be to help people from outside the medical field to understand the healthcare system. I think that the author could have avoided some jargon used, but there were still some that couldn't be substituted.

A doctor has to be named a doctor. It cannot be replaced by words like healer, care giver, etc. So, yes I agree, the must have been used words has to be used, and the author has done so. But the remainder which could have been replaced with more simple terms, but with some extra effort, should have been replaced for the better understanding of the common reader.

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I think technical terms are inevitable in this kind of book. Also, the objective is to promote awareness and increase knowledge, so the details are important. A glossary, footnotes or end notes will be helpful in organizing the additional information or documentation supporting the technical terms. The references will also be a useful for those interested to do further research.

I think that is what should have been done. Not everyone that are seeking knowledge seek it at the deepest level. So the reader could have been given the choice to be educated to the level of his need. The author could have made this book some sort of a summary and a basic insight to the business related to healthcare systems and could have kept several references for those who are interested in additional information.

[Sushan Ekanayake]

I personally love medical jargon. I love reading medical books and medical nonfiction but I've also got a degree in biology focusing mainly on biomedical/biotechnology and have worked in medicine for 7 years

After working in medicine for seven years, how can even you talk about medicine using the medical jargon. Probably that was the reason for this author's too much use of medical jargon, as it has been a commonly used language for her throughout past many years. But when writing a book an author should keep in mind about his/her target audience.

[Hogwarts03]

I think that first, the book is probably aimed at a specific audience. It wouldn't be aimed towards an audience that is not interested in the practicalities of healthcare, but is aimed at those who are interested. And I believe that if you're interested in something, you will find the drive to learn more in that topic, hence the medical jargon might not be so out of place. We should also consider that in the book, she states that she wants to be an influence, and by telling her journey the way it is, all medical jargon involved, she is. And this would appeal to anyone who has been through the same experiences as her.
Personally, I enjoyed the use if the jargon and understood it. The parts where I didn't, I was capable to research and learn more. And by going all in with her technicalities, the common population is more likely to trust her writing and opinion which would add to her credibility as a writer.

[Mahdis Sadeghi]

In my opinion, it is good because the person who picked up this book knows that there would be medical elements and descriptions included thus they will learn new things. If a person is not interested in medical stories would definitely not pick up this book so I believe a person who picks this book up knows that there would be showing the procedures of treating and details of medical explanations. The author who can bring up explicit details is a professional and I believe that these little details will flesh out the world.

[MBerretta]

I personally love medical jargon. I love reading medical books and medical nonfiction but I've also got a degree in biology focusing mainly on biomedical/biotechnology and have worked in medicine for 7 years

After working in medicine for seven years, how can even you talk about medicine using the medical jargon. Probably that was the reason for this author's too much use of medical jargon, as it has been a commonly used language for her throughout past many years. But when writing a book an author should keep in mind about his/her target audience.

Oh I agree! Not everyone will know what AFIB means or what a certain instrument does or how tachycardia means elevated heart rate! Sometimes that can take people out of the story. I think if the author uses these terms, definitions or more "plain-speak" should be provided.

[Caroline Anne Richmond]

I think the author intends for anyone going through the same experience to relate to the medical terminology. I like the medical terminology as I worked in a hospital setting for many years. Also, it is always good to educate and share knowledge. I do wonder if the terms become too much for some readers.

[Chigo Nwagboso]

Well, to an extent adding medical jargon has negative and positive sides.
The positive aspect is that it will educate readers and expose them to some medical term thereby causing them to research and know more, because I believe that no knowledge is a waste. On the other hand, it could be a turn-off on readers because assimilation will be affected and also reading fluency.

[S P]

I think that it's always good to be as accessible as possible when writing about a medical topic. You never know how much prior knowledge someone has before reading a book, so in order to allow people with less medical education to enjoy reading a book, you should try to avoid jargon. If someone doesn't understand the medical jargon it could really lessen their experience of reading this book.

[Elendu Clement]

If not for medical jargon most person would go on, self-medicating. The use of medical jargon is very needful to different a professional from a no entity in the medical field

[Kirsi Cultrera]

So far the medical jargon did not bother me, but I agree that there is a lot of it in this book. I think that since the author is a professional on medical field, she might have become a bit blind to notice what kind of words she’s using. That happens to all of us, whatever the profession is, that the so-called professional language becomes so normal that we don’t even realize some people might not be familiar with the words we use. (This sure happened to me many times ) It would have been the editor’s job to point that out. However, as stated above, I’ve been fine with it so far.

[jaym_tan]

I think it was appropriate of her to include the technical content. It will be a big help for those who had the same experience as her. It was nice that she put a lot of effort into writing them.