BMJ 2002;325 ( 16 November )

Editor's choice

Ban a word for Christmas and please an old journal

Banning can do wonders. Our columnist Colin Douglas still slavers over a junior doctor writing in the BMJ that one of his books should be banned. "The book the BMJ tried to ban" can only be good for salesmuch more so than " BMJ says an essential read for all doctors," which probably doesn't shift a single copy. After our "success" in banning the word accident we thought that we would indulge in further banning for Christmas. Please send us a rapid response and suggest words that you would like banned. You might also tell us why. If we receive a clutch of suggestions we will then have a vote on bmj.com and an article in our Christmas issue.

People are rightly affronted by anybody having the hubris to try and ban a word. Language is a living thing that belongs not to any one individual or a jumped up medical journal but to all the people who speak it. Trying to ban a word is not only hopeless but also an insult. Worse still, it has totalitarian overtones. The banning of words may be followed by the burning of books and then the burning of people.

Nevertheless, it's fun. The proposal to ban a word focuses attention on the many wrong assumptions, prejudices, and even evil thoughts that might be contained within a word. Words like nigger, Mongol, spastic, cretin, and queer have disappeared from polite usage, although queer is interesting in that those whom it was used against have claimed it for themselves. (And the use of the word "gay" to mean homosexual infuriates homophobes.)

We tried to ban the word accident to get across the idea that accidents are not random acts of God but events that have causes and can be prevented. We advanced the same idea in 1993 but caused hardly a ripple. It was the ban that attracted attention and, I believe, raised consciousness about accidents having an epidemiology and being preventable. We didn't of course succeed literally with our ban, even within the BMJ. The editorial advocating a ban appeared in June 2001. In issues published in January to May in the seven years to 2000 the BMJ used the word accident on average 137 times. We used it 97 times in January to May in 2001 (perhaps as we debated vociferously whether we should ban the word) but then 103 times in January to May in 2002.

Various suggestions have been made already for words to ban. "Drug" is a word so heavily loaded with sometimes conflicting meanings that it should perhaps be jettisoned. "Paternalism" is a sexist word because women can be just as paternalistic as men. "Caucasian" is an absurd word because few Caucasians come from the Caucasus. The BMJ long ago advocated Europid, with no success. Or what about the BMJ "Christmas" issue? Should a global, secular, multiethnic journal have such an issue?

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Banned words

Andrew J McIrvine
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban patronising euphemisms

Samiran Nundy
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

A minor proposal

Nicholas D Moore
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Is it time for A and E to have an "accident"?

David Mountain
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word for Christmas

Juliet Richters
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning

J Michael Dixon
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banned word

Howard J Wingfield
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words to be banned

Colin Hardman
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Obviously

Mark Campbell
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Let's ban vaccination

Brian Cooke
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban 'the'

Kevin J Frost, et al.
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

words to ban

Chris Pelton
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Inappropriate

David I Tovey
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

ban "stakeholders"

Paul P Glasziou
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

The truth about the Lancet

Stephen R. Pitts
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

BANNED WORDS

Michael J Dawson
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Use of the word gay.

Kenneth Campbell
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Parasuicide

Gerry Waldron
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

911 is not a word

Nigel Hunt
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word to be banned: Terrorism

John J L Jacobs
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

A word instead of rejection: any suggestions?

Richard Smith
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban "alcoholism"

Dan C. Vinson
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

other silly words

Susan M Dovey
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a "term"

Izhar H Khan
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Modernisation

Steven Wrigley-Howe, et al.
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning words for Christmas

Colin W Howden
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Winter Solstice

James W Prescott, Ph.D.
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Rushed

eamonn clarke
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Not rejected but...

Simon Knowles
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

inapropriate

david r bevan
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Stress

Michael J. Hogan
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

The Seven Words You Shouldn't Use in Medical News

Gary J. Schwitzer
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

On Her Break...

Kristian M Bailey
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Abolish "Doctor"

Brian T. Stephens
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning a word for Christmas

Joe Quinn
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

mane and other antiquated medicolatin nonsense

Roger C Prudham, et al.
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word for Christmas

Michel Lièvre
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Quality

Peter J Allmark
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban "May" and other "weasel words"

Andrew J Vickers
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word to ban

Roger D Merrick
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Target

Brendon J Smith
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Let's proactively ban preventative

Simon Chapman
bmj.com, 15 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words to be banned

Stephan Larsson
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word for Christmas

Alastair D Williamson
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Please ban.......

Peter D Tallentire
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

patient

Wendy M McLean
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban use of "statistically" in conjunction with "significant"

Andreas Maetzel
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Words to be banned

Peter J Morgan
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

banned words

Lawrence F Mahoney
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

The Porcine grunts of the illiterate and intellectually spavined

cecil c. ewing
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Aggressive

Mark R Publicker
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

A positive negative response

Dave Sackett, et al.
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Can't

Robert Campbell
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Candidate words for banning

Thomas Quinn
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Humbug!!

michael dixon
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

absolutely

David H Hunter
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: A word instead of rejection: any suggestions?

Kamran Abbasi
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Over use

Peter S Reaqy-Young
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban "quality"

Campbell Murdoch
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

deserving of a ban

noemi levine
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban that word!

Phillipa Rispin
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

The principles of Newspeak

Leonard Leibovici
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Married?

Margaret E Allen
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Boring, obscene and libellous

John Hopkins
bmj.com, 16 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Hateful 'Loved ones'

Mark Struthers
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning Words

colin mailer
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban them

susanne stevens
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word(s) to ban

Jan M Topley
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Vital signs are stable/Impact

Gretchen P. Purcell
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Roentegogram

Nick Argent
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Married?

Druin Burch
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning

Douglas G MacMahon
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban Pilot

Nich Bradley
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Nouns as Verbs

Tiina Podymow
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Please ban the word "race" and associated words when describing humans

Alaine A. Alington
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban medical euphemisms

Mohan R Sharma
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Rejecting rejection

Liz Wager
bmj.com, 17 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Spontaneous Order or Purposefulness?

Grazyna T Adamiak
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word to ban

Regina B. Stroebele
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

a few more words for banning

Iona Heath
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Overused Internet words

Maureen E. Navin
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

"Europid", "Caucasian"

JK Anand
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

THINK BIG!

James A Heathcote
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Promote-a-Word

June D. Almeida
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Task This

JAMES H. CARTER
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

A word which is racist and absurd: ban it!

Antonio LOPEZ-SANROMAN
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban 'cases', 'protocol' and 'evidence'

Anthony Papagiannis
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban transparency

Sandy Goldbeck-Wood
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

"Ideally placed"

david baker
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban

Brian C Jolly
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Contemporary

Martin A Wilson
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban Christmas

Linda Mundy
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a Word

Helga M. Rhein
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

words to ban

ben d ewald
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Proper use of "Impact "

Philip Stowell
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Winter Solstice

Mark R Nelson
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

BEST PRACTICE

IAN M ST GEORGE
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban clinician

Andrew Jull
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Stupidity

Giovanni B Frisoni
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

When 'so called' is called

Tricia Murphy-Black
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

ban " Royal"

douglas salmon
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

'Routine' used routinely

Peter Kirkbride
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words that should be banned: Busy working in a large teaching hospital?

Dermot Murphy
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Modernisation

Peter Kirkbride
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban 'migrate'

Judith H Harvey
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Controlling the language

Gavin M Jamie
bmj.com, 18 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Accepted practice

David W Evans
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban pseudo-Darwinism and silly pomposity

Jane E Teather
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Nightmare

Susan Wills
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban "ban"

Jeff Aronson
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word for Christmas

Andrew J Macdonald-Brown
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

'The Elderly' and 'Aged' in research publications

Jill J Calveley
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Bad Latin

Lorna Gold
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

PLEASE BAN "CLIENT"

Josephine Tsakok
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Two words begging to be banned

Teresa T. Goodell, RN, CNS
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: 911 is not a word

Karyn Popham
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning words for christmas

James W Bourke
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

ban expressions

Ljuba Bacharova
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Not very PC....

Charlie Briar
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Over-spend/under-resourced

M Pai
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban Commercial Christmas

Nancy Alkire, et al.
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ill-health

Peter Merry
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Natural

James S Halpern
bmj.com, 19 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Let's proactively ban preventative

Elijah T KooBoodee
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words for Banning

Margaret Cant
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban ladies and gentlemen

Brian J. Anthony
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Roentegogram

Robert Campbell
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

ban PROVIDER!

Ellen G. Detlefsen
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

......... a paradigm for the new millenium

Roger Baer
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word(s) to ban

Robert I. Rudolph, MD, FACP
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: A word instead of rejection: any suggestions?

w arthur tanner
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban the use of the word "Junior" to describe doctors.

Clark Geoffrey
bmj.com, 20 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Seamless

John Temple
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Ban the use of the word "Junior" to describe doctors.

Robert Campbell
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Sex

Anton JM de Craen
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

more words to ban

Clare Wilkie
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words to ban

Hannah Hulme Hunter
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word

janet m dickson
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words I would like to ban

Gary CS Cousin
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Winter Solstice / Christmas Issue BMJ

Peter J Jurd
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Reading the bans or the Nazi mute

Roger KA Allen
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Promotional banning

Albert Figueras, et al.
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

when did the prefix "homo" become a noun?

Stephen F Hayes
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banned Words/terms

David Carvel
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Sex not gender, please

Scott M Montgomery
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

ban a ban

Ilse M. Zalaman
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

You do a good job

Peter Bruggen
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Quick! Get the Life Support Machine...

Alison Newey
bmj.com, 21 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Junior : a primary school term?

Lucy C. Mathen
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Modern

Charles A West
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Just a little

Peter Davies
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Wordban

Jonathan Hargreaves-Morris
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Quality

Aldo Mariotto
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Commas are not useful in findings presentation

Aldo Mariotto
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Two words to ban

Douglas G Tincello
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

More words to ban

Martyn R Partridge
bmj.com, 22 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Impact (for effect) and health (for medicine)

John W. Powles
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Tiger by the tail or opened a can of worms (corrected)

Martin P. Woodward
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

May I `just` `pop` in another one please?

Hazel Thornton
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

ONE MORE PHRASE TO BAN

SWATI PAI, et al.
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban nothing

Peter Morrell
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Ban nothing

Robert I. Rudolph, MD, FACP
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: More words to ban

Paul M Bailey
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Mission Statement

Barry Pless
bmj.com, 23 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban the words "NHS Reform"

Laurence B Leaver
bmj.com, 24 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning Heightens Curiosity!

B. M Hegde, et al.
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

By popular demand

Steven Ford
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Just a little pop at the military metaphor.

Peter Davies
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Another one to ban

simon d price
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word to Ban

Christopher Pearce
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Re: Ban nothing

Joseph C. Watine
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: A word instead of rejection: any suggestions?

Adam Jacobs
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Banning should be banned

Jonathan L Underhill
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Out of the box thinking

Andrew S Furber
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Suggestion: use "suggest" carefully

Margaret Cooter
bmj.com, 25 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Chest Pain Pathway

Andrew C. McIver
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Doctor, we have a problem!

Richard Tayrien
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

The BMJ blimp or the house of hot air.

Roger KA Allen
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Word to lose all year long

James M. Walker
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

My votes: rationale

Teresa T. Goodell
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word for Christmas....

Jane M Price
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Holistic medicine

Jonathon P Tomlinson
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

A word too far

Martin G Duerden
bmj.com, 26 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Words that MUST be banned

Chris Chaloner
bmj.com, 27 Nov 2002 [Full text]

banned words

Raymond A Ringland
bmj.com, 27 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Lost meanings

Adam M Mackie
bmj.com, 27 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban Basis

Adam M Mackie
bmj.com, 27 Nov 2002 [Full text]

"West" of where?

Phillip J Colquitt
bmj.com, 27 Nov 2002 [Full text]

East of Eden (Anthony) and the Man from Down Under

Roger KA Allen
bmj.com, 28 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Ban "if you leave a message i will get him/her to ring you back"

john p mc cormack
bmj.com, 28 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Stress

Pauline McQuoid
bmj.com, 28 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: A positive negative response

Pauline McQuoid
bmj.com, 28 Nov 2002 [Full text]

OY!

Robert I. Rudolph, MD, FACP
bmj.com, 29 Nov 2002 [Full text]

People with Disabilities

Laurence Clark, et al.
bmj.com, 29 Nov 2002 [Full text]

to ban a word is fundamentally wrong

Luke Cascarini
bmj.com, 30 Nov 2002 [Full text]

I hate "survival of the fittest"

Julian Randall
bmj.com, 30 Nov 2002 [Full text]

Re: Is it time for A and E to have an "accident"?

John M Ryan
bmj.com, 1 Dec 2002 [Full text]

End of endstage

Mark R Welfare
bmj.com, 2 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Non-significant trend

Richard A Nelson
bmj.com, 2 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Premia?!

Christopher Anton
bmj.com, 2 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Re: Re: A positive negative response

Adam Jacobs
bmj.com, 2 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Ban a word for Christmas: exclude

Michael.H Wilkins
bmj.com, 3 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Bad words

K U Shibli
bmj.com, 4 Dec 2002 [Full text]

words to be banned

Peter J Wright
bmj.com, 6 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Re: Replacing "compliance" with "adherence"

Chris OLoughlin
bmj.com, 6 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Words to be banned

Robert Marr
bmj.com, 7 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Re: Re: Replacing "compliance" with "adherence"

Hazel Thornton
bmj.com, 7 Dec 2002 [Full text]

'benefits of breastfeeding'

Magda Sachs
bmj.com, 7 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Lots of intensity, not much care

Richard Smith
bmj.com, 7 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Please & thank you!

Stephen Barber
bmj.com, 11 Dec 2002 [Full text]

In favour of banning seamless

Judith H Harvey
bmj.com, 11 Dec 2002 [Full text]

High on the list of words for banning

John Anderson
bmj.com, 11 Dec 2002 [Full text]

"General practice is ideally placed to…"

Johanna Lowther
bmj.com, 11 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Making a start

R P Ryan
bmj.com, 11 Dec 2002 [Full text]

A few candidates

Desmond Creery
bmj.com, 11 Dec 2002 [Full text]

banned words

RICHARD J RANKIN
bmj.com, 12 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Let's ban the word "Routine"

Stephen Longworth
bmj.com, 16 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Cohort

NPP Chamarette
bmj.com, 19 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Banning a word

Marian Horner
bmj.com, 19 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Counselling

John SG Blair
bmj.com, 19 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Grass roots

Carolyn Coffey
bmj.com, 20 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Re: Re: Re: Replacing "compliance" with "adherence"

Sue Maguire
bmj.com, 20 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Stress, again

Monique T. Agostinelli
bmj.com, 21 Dec 2002 [Full text]

Ban Anti-Semitic

Syed Wajid Ali Shah
bmj.com, 2 Jan 2003 [Full text]

Late rapid response for words to be banned

Gabriel Symonds
bmj.com, 10 Jan 2003 [Full text]

Banning a word for Christmas

Nigel Hunt
bmj.com, 10 Jan 2003 [Full text]

Re: 'benefits of breastfeeding'

tracy hayden
bmj.com, 10 Jan 2003 [Full text]

Re: banned words "these ones."

Diane-Marie Campbell
bmj.com, 27 Jan 2003 [Full text]

Re: Ban the use of the word "Junior" to describe doctors.

Diane-Marie Campbell
bmj.com, 27 Jan 2003 [Full text]

Re: Junior : a primary school term?

Josephine Tsakok
bmj.com, 21 Jun 2004 [Full text]

Re: Proper use of "Impact "

John F Bolton
bmj.com, 20 Jul 2004 [Full text]