Call to Action: Prioritizing the Use of Inclusive, Nonstigmatizing Language in Scientific Communications

Sara H. Bares; Jasmine R. Marcelin; Jill Blumenthal; Paul E. Sax

doi:10.1093/cid/ciad055

Call to Action: Prioritizing the Use of Inclusive, Nonstigmatizing Language in Scientific Communications

Sara H. Bares, Jasmine R. Marcelin, Jill Blumenthal, Paul E. Sax

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Abstract

The language we use in our scientific communications can either empower or stigmatize the people we study and care for. Clinical Infectious Diseases is committed to prioritizing the use of inclusive, nonstigmatizing language in published manuscripts. We hereby call upon submitting authors, reviewers, and editors to do the same.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1860-1863
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	76
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad055
State	Published - May 15 2023

Keywords

inclusive
nonstigmatizing
person-first language
scientific communications

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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