Picture this. It’s 1983, New Year’s Day. Today, the world’s first outpatient clinic for AIDS opens, Ward 86 at San Francisco General Hospital. Four days later, the first AIDS cases are reported in ...
Darren Cunningham was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic condition also known as brittle bone disease. Not everyone from the disability community likes being referred to as 'living with ...
At a training the other day on the topic of homelessness, a participant stood up during the question-and-answer section and shared his perspective for the audience. "I appreciate you trying to be ...
HIV stigma involves negative attitudes that can lead to discrimination, shame, and avoidance of HIV testing. It can also harm mental health, relationships, and job access. Person-first language can ...
The graphic that appeared on Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg’s Facebook page struck her as problematic in several ways. First, there was the text: “See the Person Not the Disability.” Why not see both the ...
We take a look at why the words we use in medcomms matter and examine the use of patient-first language The words we use matter – they usually have a specific definition but can also have several ...
An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Roger Collier highlights the problem of Person-first language: Laudable cause, horrible prose Person-first language (or language that is ...
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