A Model of Developing Medical Terms in Indigenous Languages: A Step Towards Consumer Health Informatics in South Africa

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 1216-1218

  Mbananga, Nolwazi ^a   Mniki, Sindiswa ^b   Oelofse, Alet ^b   Makapan, Sylvia ^b   Lubisi, Moses ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Arts and Culture ^*

Author keywords

Consumer; Decision; Health; Indigenous; Informatics; Medical; Terms

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS; DECISION; INDIGENOUS; INFORMATICS; MEDICAL; MEDICAL TERMS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TERM;

DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LANGUAGE; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 21644478420     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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