TY - JOUR
T1 - Making primarily professional terms more comprehensible to the lay audience.
AU - Goryachev, Sergey
AU - Zeng-Treitler, Qing
AU - Smith, Catherine Arnott
AU - Browne, Allen C.
AU - Divita, Guy
AU - Keselman, Alla
AU - Leroy, Gondy
AU - Figueroa, Rosa
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Certain texts, such as clinical reports and clinical trial records, are written by professionals for professionals while being increasingly accessed by lay people. To improve the comprehensibility of such documents to the lay audience, we conducted a pilot study to analyze terms used primarily by health professionals, and explore ways to make them more comprehensible to lay people.
AB - Certain texts, such as clinical reports and clinical trial records, are written by professionals for professionals while being increasingly accessed by lay people. To improve the comprehensibility of such documents to the lay audience, we conducted a pilot study to analyze terms used primarily by health professionals, and explore ways to make them more comprehensible to lay people.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18999120
AN - SCOPUS:73949130871
SN - 1559-4076
SP - 956
JO - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
JF - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
ER -