Rachel Hooke examines recent stories and reports concerning medical jargon versus plain English Guidelines have been issued for doctors on using basic language rather than medical terminology when copying patients in on letters about them. http://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Please_write_to_me_Guidance_010918.pdf They have got a point, up to a point. Medical terms can be confusing and upsetting for…