#SocialEM all-star and @TempleEM APD @healy_em introduced the Our Words Matter campaign.

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10 Core Principles to guide the way we speak and chart about our patients:

An example of how you can say the exact same thing in a chart by focusing on the goals of treatment and avoiding stigmatizing language:

A helpful list of word and phrase changes to express the same concept without derogatory language:

Language evolves and meanings change.
Previous use of a word or phrase does not indicate bad intent, and we can all get better.