Re: PC Terminology Test
Robert Rhodes
Description
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Title:
Re: PC Terminology Test
Creator:
Robert Rhodes
Date:
5/12/1999
Text:
Tony,
I quite aggree that terminology is of great importance. That is why I
get so irritated at orthotists calling the tools by which they carry out
outhotic management as braces while prosthetist refer to the tools by
which they carry out prosthetic management as prostheses.
Invariably, when I ask an orthotist, Why, I'm told that ,If I called
it an orthosis they wouldn't understand what I was talking about. I
can only infer from this that Orthotistists consider their patients to
be of lower intelligence than prosthetic patients.
Robert
< <Email Address Redacted> >
I quite aggree that terminology is of great importance. That is why I
get so irritated at orthotists calling the tools by which they carry out
outhotic management as braces while prosthetist refer to the tools by
which they carry out prosthetic management as prostheses.
Invariably, when I ask an orthotist, Why, I'm told that ,If I called
it an orthosis they wouldn't understand what I was talking about. I
can only infer from this that Orthotistists consider their patients to
be of lower intelligence than prosthetic patients.
Robert
< <Email Address Redacted> >
Citation
Robert Rhodes, “Re: PC Terminology Test,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/211840.
