Rawlings Deborah, Tieman Jennifer J, Sanderson Christine, Parker Deborah, Miller-Lewis Lauren
CareSearch Research Fellow, Flinders University, Adelaide South Australia, Australia.
Associate Professor and CareSearch Director, Flinders University, Adelaide South Australia, Australia.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2017 Jul 2;23(7):324-330. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.7.324.
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on death and dying was conducted to open the dialogue around death and dying. In one activity, participants were asked to engage with language and to think of alternative words (or euphemisms) that are used to describe death.
To reflect from a nursing perspective how language enables and sometimes disguises important messages and conversations.
Four hundred and seventy one participants provided 3053 euphemisms.
Euphemisms were varied, with many providing commentary on their purpose and use.
As a society we have become quite creative in the use of euphemisms, but need to be mindful of misunderstandings and misinterpretations which can cause embarrassment and distress in clinical situations.
This paper describes some of the euphemisms that were provided, examining why they are used and how their use can be easily misconstrued in daily life and in clinical practice.
开展了一门关于死亡与临终的大规模开放在线课程（MOOC），以开启围绕死亡与临终的对话。在一项活动中，参与者被要求运用语言，并思考用于描述死亡的替代词汇（或委婉语）。
从护理角度反思语言如何传达以及有时如何掩盖重要信息和对话。
471名参与者提供了3053个委婉语。
委婉语多种多样，许多都对其目的和用法进行了评论。
作为一个社会，我们在委婉语的使用上变得相当有创造力，但需要注意可能在临床情境中导致尴尬和困扰的误解和错误解读。
本文描述了所提供的一些委婉语，探讨了它们被使用的原因以及在日常生活和临床实践中其用法可能如何被轻易误解。
