Does language ambiguity in clinical practice justify the introduction of standard terminology? An integrative review

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 344-352

  Stallinga, Hillegonda A ^a   ten Napel, Huib ^b   Jansen, Gerard J ^c   Geertzen, Jan Hb ^a   de Vries Robbé, Pieter F ^d   Roodbol, Petrie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Disability; Functioning; Literature review; Terminology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922642211     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12624     Document Type: Review

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