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Evaluation of teach-back and plain language acceptability during patient interactions [PDF]
PEC InnovationObjective: This research investigated participants' acceptability of clinicians' use of teach-back and plain language. Methods: A 30-min survey was administered to 162 undergraduates who watched and rated two doctor-patient interactions explaining ...
Andressa A. Sleiman +4 more
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Plain Language Summaries Explained in Plain Language
Eos, 2021 Find out what a Plain Language Summary is, how to write an effective one, and how it benefits publications.
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HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 HIV infection is associated with disturbances in brain function referred to as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). This literature review outlines the recently revised diagnostic criteria for the range of HAND from the earliest to the more ...
Zahir Vally
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Defining 'plain language' in contemporary South Africa
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2015 Defining the concept ‘plain language’ has been hugely problematic since the origins of the so-called Plain Language Movement in the 1970s in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
Eleanor Cornelius
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A randomized implementation trial to increase adoption of evidence-informed consent practices
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 Introduction: Several evidence-informed consent practices (ECPs) have been shown to improve informed consent in clinical trials but are not routinely used.
Erin D. Solomon +7 more
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Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie - Biologie Lehren und Lernen, 2020 Biologische Unterrichtstexte können insbesondere für Schüler/-innen mit Migrationshintergrund einige Sprachbarrieren ent-halten, die zu einem geringeren Verständnis der Fachinhalte beitragen können.
Melanie Schaller +2 more
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Comparative Legilinguistics, 2019 The aim of this paper is to present LEX.CH.IT, a corpus for micro-diachronic linguistic investigations of Swiss normative acts in Italian. Italian has a peculiar position as an official minority translation language within the Swiss institutional system.
Paolo CANAVESE
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An appraisal of plain language in the South African banking sector
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2016 The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) came into full force in April 2011. An important corollary of this Act, and the National Credit Act 34 of 2005, is the obligation that consumer documents must be in plain language.
Cornelius, Eleanor
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Skilur almenningur íslenskt lagamál?
Orð og Tunga, 2022 Text comprehension of Icelandic legislative texts was studied qualitatively by interviewing 46 Icelandic speakers individually. The participants read parts of the Icelandic Inheritance Act no. 8/1962 and of the Icelandic Children’s Act no.
Ari Páll Kristinsson +3 more
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ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PLAIN SWEDISH MOVEMENT FROM THE POLISH PERSPECTIVE
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2009 The paper deals with the plain language movement in Sweden from the Polish perspective. Plain Swedish is endorsed by law as an objective of state policy and there is a state body responsible for the quality of public language.
Milena HADRYAN
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