Massachusetts: Liver transplants and drug rehabilitation centers in the US have ‘inappropriate’ terms for alcoholics, causing patients to hesitate to seek treatment.
According to media reports, a recent study conducted by American experts found that using inappropriate terms online for alcohol-related patients does not result in the patient coming to medical facilities, which leads to delays in diagnosis and transplant allocation. The act of doing is affected.
The aforementioned study was published in JAMA Network Open, for which Massachusetts General Hospital conducted research at more than 200 medical centers. The study found that 80 percent of transplant centers and 31 percent of drug rehabilitation centers used words such as “drinking,” “alcoholic” and “alcohol abuse” that are not acceptable to professional staff.
The report also found that 88 percent of transplant centers and 46 percent of drug rehabilitation centers used inappropriate terms regarding the condition of alcoholism and associated liver disease on the institutions’ websites. .
The researchers call for improving the sensitivity of online patient-related content by requiring that the terminology used online reflects the best practices of medical staff. The experts also said that a large-scale awareness and education campaign should be started in this regard.
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