Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifier

Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifier

Among biomedical journals, person-first language is considered preferable to identity person-first language. However, not all populations of people with certain medical diagnoses, such as deafness, prefer person-first language. Moreover, adherence to person-first language is poor among the literatur...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M Davies, Iwan Sadler, Ellen Sarewitz, Timothy F Boerger, Mark R N Kotter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Integrated Healthcare Journal
Online Access:https://ihj.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000023.full
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spelling doaj-6c86a52b708d44f6962b1e162f5c541e2021-02-01T15:30:11ZengBMJ Publishing GroupIntegrated Healthcare Journal2399-53512020-11-012110.1136/ihj-2019-000023Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifierBenjamin M Davies0Iwan Sadler1Ellen Sarewitz2Timothy F Boerger3Mark R N Kotter4Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UKMyelopathy.org, Cambridge, UKThe Goffin Consultancy, Canterbury, UKPhysical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAAddenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UKAmong biomedical journals, person-first language is considered preferable to identity person-first language. However, not all populations of people with certain medical diagnoses, such as deafness, prefer person-first language. Moreover, adherence to person-first language is poor among the literature on some neurological diagnoses. Therefore, it is most appropriate to consult with people with a given diagnosis regarding their preferred identifier. Here, we describe a consensus process undertaken by the REsearch objectives and COmmon Data Elements for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (RECODE-DCM, recode-dcm.com) steering committee members with cervical myelopathy to determine our preferred identifier.https://ihj.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000023.full
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Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifier
Integrated Healthcare Journal
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Iwan Sadler
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Mark R N Kotter
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title Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifier
title_short Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifier
title_full Patient, sufferer, victim, casualty or person with cervical myelopathy: let us decide our identifier
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publisher BMJ Publishing Group
series Integrated Healthcare Journal
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publishDate 2020-11-01
description Among biomedical journals, person-first language is considered preferable to identity person-first language. However, not all populations of people with certain medical diagnoses, such as deafness, prefer person-first language. Moreover, adherence to person-first language is poor among the literature on some neurological diagnoses. Therefore, it is most appropriate to consult with people with a given diagnosis regarding their preferred identifier. Here, we describe a consensus process undertaken by the REsearch objectives and COmmon Data Elements for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (RECODE-DCM, recode-dcm.com) steering committee members with cervical myelopathy to determine our preferred identifier.
url https://ihj.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000023.full
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