2 Medical Organizations Wish to Guide Our Language Like Dictators

2 Medical Organizations Wish to Guide Our Language Like Dictators
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Theodore Dalrymple
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Commentary
It’s not easy to produce a document that’s at once unctuous, verbose and ill-written, self-satisfied and self-important, dishonest, sentimental, bullying, and sinister, but the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), with their recent joint 54-page “Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts,” has managed to do just that.
Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
Author
Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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