BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bigger Picture  >  Health & Living  >  Health News Digest: Inclusive Language or Political Correctness?

Health News Digest: Inclusive Language or Political Correctness?

Lee Chwi Lynn | Tina Carmillia

18-Sep-17 16:00

Health News Digest: Inclusive Language or Political Correctness?

We discuss the latest in health news. This week, we cover cancer lingo and the warrior metaphor, how to name diseases, bias in healthcare, and what happens when miscommunication takes place in the hospital setting. For in depth conversation about cancer lingo, the podcast about cancer etiquette can be found here.

--

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Warrior metaphor (Source: CBC)

12:13 - Politically correct healthcare (Source: WHO)

31:16 - Globalised medicine (Source: The Star)


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories: 

Tags:  The Bigger PictureHealth and Livingcancerwarrior metaphorcross-cultural communicationscience communicationhealth news digest





Play / Pause

Listen now : Open For Business : Isaac Kon, CEO and Founder, Heytech Sdn Bhd

Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Tony Nash, CEO, Complete Intelligence

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

Adrian Chew, ASEAN AI and Data Leader, EY

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

Ahmad Maghfur Usman, Equity Analyst, Nomura Malaysia

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Manu Bhaskaran, Founding Partner & President, Centennial Asia Advisors

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dr. Rachel Gong, Deputy Director, Khazanah Research Institute

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

Dr Syaza Shukri, Associate Professor, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

9:35 AM

What's the Focus

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Isaac Kon, CEO and Founder, Heytech Sdn Bhd

11:05 AM

Resource Centre

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Michael Freese, Professor of Management, Asia School of Business

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Manu Bhaskaran, Founding Partner & President, Centennial Asia Advisors

2:05 PM

Front Row

tbc

2:20 PM

Front Row

tbc

3:05 PM

Good Things

Native Allies; Daniel Teoh, Founder, Native

4:05 PM

Health & Living

Why A New TB Vaccine Is An Investment Worth Making; Dr Allison Portnoy, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health

5:00 PM

The Evening Edition

7:05 PM

The Evening Edition

7:30 PM

Just For Kicks

9:00 PM

A Bit of Culture