Summary
At present there is inconsistency in the naming conventions used represent disease. Both <x> disease and disease of <x> are used. SNOMED International is looking to determine the preferred naming convention and is seeking input from the CMAG group on the topic.
Please provide your responses below.
Action
| Date | Requested action | Requester(s) | Response required by: | Comments |
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| 2 June 2020 | Input on disease naming convention |
| Please post your final responses in the Country response table below. Discussion comments can be made as comments. |
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Country response
| Country | Date | Response |
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| Australia | 2/6/2020 | I don't think it really matters... though consistency is good. For english language editions, it might reduce effort producing consistency locally. Our local Editorial rule is "This is up to the judgement of the Author but in general, use "Disorder/Disease of X" for broad concept types (e.g. Disorder of head). For more specific conditions "X disorder/disease" is preferred. |
| Belgium | 2/6/2020 | We do have inconsitencies as well, but in general we use 'Disorder/Disease of X' as preferred for both Dutch and French |
| Sweden | 2020-06-02 | Agree with |
| USA | 06JUN2020 | This is somewhat reminiscent of the permutations created in thesauri (e.g., MeSH) for search purposes (e.g., "Cancer, liver" vs. Liver cancer) in the time of books. I also think that 1) consistency is good (e.g., when looking at a list of children, we should not have to jump between styles) and 2) it does not really matter which style we pick as long as we stick to one. It might be a good thing to select one style for preferred terms and use the other for synonyms, making sure we produce them systematically and consistently. |
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