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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fehlversorgungen

English translation:

inappropriate service provision

Added to glossary by Lingua.Franca
Dec 15, 2008 11:03
15 yrs ago
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German term

Fehlversorgungen

German to English Medical Medical: Health Care women's health
The word appears in a variety of guises: Gesundheitsversorgung and Fehlversorgungen in a paper about increasing the profile of domestic violence within hospitals.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 inappropriate service provision (or assistance)
3 +2 lack of care / lack of treatment
Change log

Dec 19, 2008 09:21: Lingua.Franca Created KOG entry

Discussion

Lingua.Franca Dec 15, 2008:
illogical grammar? 1. It is not possible to prevent lack of care or lack of treatment through timely interventions (the two are mutually exclusive). If there are interventions, then care and treatment do occur. Hence, "care" and/or "treatment" do take place, they have to, even if inadequately or inappropriately.

2. You generally treat a disease or a physical condition, and not a domestic violence case. Incorrect treatment in the case of domestic violence is not accurate.
frau vicky (asker) Dec 15, 2008:
Further clarification for Tamas Durch eine rechtzeitige Intervention können nicht nur Fehlversorgungen, sondern auch weitere Gewalt verhindert werden
Lingua.Franca Dec 15, 2008:
More context would certainly help. Maybe the German sentence with the word Fehlversorgungen in it?

Proposed translations

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inappropriate service provision (or assistance)

In terms of domestic violence, "Versorgung" can either be assistance or a service (provided). My preference is service, as in:

Domestic Violence Services in the United Kingdom (http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/domviol...

It is a bit lengthy, but I would write something along the lines of "preventing inappropriate service provision" or "preventing the provision of inappropriate services".

If you stick to assistance, you probably save yourself a small grammar conundrum and can write "inappropriate assistance".
Reference:

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/domviolence/

http://www.dvscp.org/

Peer comment(s):
agree Armorel Young : yes, I think it means this rather than the lack of any assistance all (sad overtones of the Baby P. case in England, where loads was done but all of it missed the mark)
2 hrs
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for your time with my query. In the end I wrote inappropriate treatment."
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lack of care / lack of treatment

Depending on your specific context, I would probably interpret "fehl-" in the sense of "lack" or "deficit", rather than "incorrect"

This appears to frequently occur in the combination of "Über-, Unter- oder Fehlversorgung" (overtreatment, undertreatment, lack of treatment)

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Consider the context carefully - could also be "incorrect" treatment.
Note from asker:
Thank you for your time with my query. Victoria
Peer comment(s):
agree Steffen Walter : Also with your caveat re. "incorrect/inappropriate treatment/care" vs. "lack of ...".
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Thanks :-)
agree Dr.G.MD (X)
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