#379 Medical Jargon

British doctors have been ___ to use simple language when communicating with their patients, says the BBC. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says very often correspondence contains complex medical jargon rather than plain and simple English. Using of phrase "twice daily" to explain the ___ of a medicine is better than Latin abbreviation "bd". The Please Write to Me initiative is aimed basically at doctors working in ___ clinics, although it is the best practice for all clinicians who need to write clinical letters and they are being asked to write directly to patients, rather than sending them a copy of a letter ___ to their GP. The Academy suggests any medical words should be ___ in plain English.