Wednesday, 18 January 2023

'Doctors discuss my daughter like she's nothing'

'Doctors discuss my daughter like she's nothing' A doctor in Cambridge is spearheading a project to help to reform medical language that patients and their families can find upsetting.

Ethicist Zoe Fritz said language that "casts doubt, belittles or blames patients" was long overdue for change.

Sixteen-year-old Josselin Tilley from Wiltshire has charge syndrome that reduces her life expectancy.

Her mother Karen said Josselin's death was often referred to in correspondence "like she's not a person". BBC News

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