tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "'Foot' and 'surgeon': a tale of two definitions"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: 'Foot' and 'surgeon': a tale of two definitions. | JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH Foot and surgeon a tale of two definitions Menz et al. Menz et al. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2010 3 30 http content 3 1 30 18 December 2010 BioMed Central Menz et al. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2010 3 30 http content 3 1 30 JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH EDITORIAL Open Access Foot and surgeon a tale of two definitions Hylton B Menz1 Alan M Borthwick2 Mike J Potter2 Karl B Landorf Shannon E Munteanu1 3 Abstract Recent events in the USA and UK have raised questions about the appropriate definition and application of the terms foot and surgeon . In this editorial we explore these issues and clarify our use of these terms in the journal. Introduction When I use a word Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone it means just what I choose it to mean -neither more nor less . Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There 1871 Semantics is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning 1 . However in a broader sense the term is also commonly used to describe p etty or trivial quibbling over meaning as in semantic arguments or to describe the deliberate distortion or twisting of meaning as in some types of advertising or propaganda . That the very definition of a word that defines the science of meaning is so demonstrative regarding the uses and abuses of language confirms Orwell s assertion that if thought corrupts language language can also corrupt thought 2 . The issue of semantics has recently been highlighted in two separate but related issues of relevance to the foot health professions. Although as the editors of Journal of Foot and Ankle Research JFAR we would prefer not to become entangled in political or legal debates the very title of our journal in some ways forces us to respond to these issues. The first relates to the very definition of foot and the second relates to the definition of the term