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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14 December 2018 (online)

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Key words

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

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Abtreibung - Englisch nicht als Muttersprache - Schwangerschaftsabbruch - medizinische Terminologie
 

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