Abortion, Termination of Pregnancy, or Unterbrechung? A Non-English-native Obstetricianʼs View on Obstetric English Terminology

Shigeki Matsubara

doi:10.1055/a-0721-8418

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2018; 78(12): 1217-1218
DOI: 10.1055/a-0721-8418

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Abortion, Termination of Pregnancy, or Unterbrechung? A Non-English-native Obstetricianʼs View on Obstetric English Terminology

Abtreibung, Schwangerschaftsabbruch oder „Unterbrechung“? Ansichten eines nicht muttersprachlichen Facharztes für Geburtshilfe zur englischen geburtshilflichen Terminologie

Shigeki Matsubara

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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Abstract

Key words

abortion - non-English native - termination of pregnancy - medical terminology

Schlüsselwörter

Abtreibung - Englisch nicht als Muttersprache - Schwangerschaftsabbruch - medizinische Terminologie

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