Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
étude ancillaire de proximologie
English translation:
ancillary study in proximology
Added to glossary by
Aoife Kennedy
May 24, 2006 15:53
18 yrs ago
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French term
étude ancillaire de proximologie
French to English
Medical
Medical (general)
"étude ancillaire de proximologie pour évaluer l’impact de la pathologie sur le patient et son conjoint" - in this case the pathology in question is that of patients with chronic severe asthma, and this is a secondary study. The primary study involves the treatment of such patients and the determining of control factors.
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| 4 +4 | ancillary study in proximology |
Debbie Tacium Ladry
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Debbie Tacium Ladry
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Medical writing, clinical + research exp
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
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ancillary study in proximology
or supplementary study
http://www.novartis.com/diseases_conditions/en/proximology.s...
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-05-24 16:03:04 GMT)
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'proximology' appears to be used only or mainly by pharma companies to describe the role of family members in patient care.
If you don't want to use this limited neologism, you'd have to use more words, e.g 'supplementary study in the role of family members in patient care' - but this would leave out non-family members (friends, unmarried partners) from the overall description...
http://www.novartis.com/diseases_conditions/en/proximology.s...
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-05-24 16:03:04 GMT)
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'proximology' appears to be used only or mainly by pharma companies to describe the role of family members in patient care.
If you don't want to use this limited neologism, you'd have to use more words, e.g 'supplementary study in the role of family members in patient care' - but this would leave out non-family members (friends, unmarried partners) from the overall description...
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Lia Fail (X)
: see above for origins of neologism
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thanks Lia :-)
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Jennifer Gal
: thanks for info! good translation.
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thanks Jennifer :-)
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Gina W
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thanks gad :-)
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rossignol
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thanks Karine :-)
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Comment: "Thank you, Debbie :)"
Discussion
Proximology, a new area of research........In 2001, Novartis Pharma France developed a new area of research they called proximology (proximologie in French), which focuses on the study of