I didn't follow the thread that came to Teena's conclusion but just read the term paper of one of my students who studied the language doctors used to talk with terminally ill patients, coming to a similar conclusion:
Yes,
" Let’s start (continue) a revolution! "
Klaus
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Hi Karel,
Nice to hear from you after so long! I love your diagnoses of common pathologies in health/medical communication! I am currently undergoing some pretty extreme medical treatment and concur with your descriptions – health communication is a ripe area for design research and intervention. Not just visual communication, but systemic communication. I know I am not saying anything new here, but it’s gobsmacking (to use the academic term), to see what gets missed/repeated/assumed regularly in communication between various specialists, registrars, administrators, private health funds, government health departments, and the list goes on.
Let’s start (continue) a revolution!
teena
> Now back to my clinic explaining the Dutch Government that a pictogram to 'warn patients not to combine St. John's Wort with their medicines' might not really be the most suitable option.
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> Kind regards,
> Karel.
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