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Babel babble: physicians' use of unclarified medical jargon with patients.

Cesar M Castro1, Clifford Wilson, Frances Wang, Dean Schillinger.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe physicians use of jargon with diabetes patients with limited health literacy.
METHODS: We audiotaped 74 outpatient encounters and coded unclarified jargon, assigning each term a clinical function. We administered telephone questionnaires to determine if comprehension of diabetes-related jargon varied with context.
RESULTS: Eighty-one percent of encounters contained at least one unclarified jargon term (mean of 4/visit). Thirty-seven percent of jargon use occurred when making recommendations, and 29% when providing health education. Patient comprehension rates were generally low and never reached adequate thresholds.
CONCLUSION: Physicians caring for patients with limited health literacy employ unclarified jargon during key clinical functions.

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Year:  2007        PMID: 17931142     DOI: 10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.supp.S85

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Health Behav        ISSN: 1087-3244


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