Comments on: Medical writing: summarising complex data and translating jargon https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/2015/10/medical-writing-summarising-complex-data-and-translating-jargon/ Join the UK’s largest membership organisation for commercial writers Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Leif Kendall https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/2015/10/medical-writing-summarising-complex-data-and-translating-jargon/#comment-27158 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:19:28 +0000 http://procopywriters.wpengine.com/?p=5435#comment-27158 I suppose it makes sense to write in a way that everyone can understand first, because otherwise there’s a danger that patients miss important information – or simply don’t understand. Don’t medical professionals have a duty to write plainly – and simply?

]]> By: Selma https://www.procopywriters.co.uk/2015/10/medical-writing-summarising-complex-data-and-translating-jargon/#comment-27157 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:08:30 +0000 http://procopywriters.wpengine.com/?p=5435#comment-27157 A reading age of 10-12 years!
This assumption that every adult is educationally subnormal with a sub-100 IQ is truly offensive.

No wonder I throw PILs straight into the bin and go online to read the corresponding SmPC instead! It is the only way I can get comprehensive information written in a non-condescending way and appropriate to my IQ, so that I can make a reasoned decision whether or not to use the product in question.

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