Changes for page Legal, medical and financial terms

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1		-Plain language for health, finances and law
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6	6	* **people in a hurry** – simply written content is quicker to scan
7	7	* **people who are stressed** – if you're anxious it's difficult to understand complex text
8	8	* **people who are multi-tasking** – when distracted complex text is harder to comprehend
	9	+* **people with low literacy** – will not know meanings of complex vocabulary and terms
9	9	* **cognitive impairments** – easy to understand words involve less cognitive load
10	10	* **visual impairments** – short, simple sentences convey meaning in a smaller visual field
11	11	* **motor impairments** – it takes less physical effort to navigate shorter content
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113	113	=== {{id name="#UEL"/}}Usability evidence ===
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	119	+[['Writing content for everyone>>path:/xwiki/bin/get/Plain%20English/Plain%20English%2C%20simple%20sentences/?sheet=CKEditor.ResourceDispatcher&outputSyntax=plain&language=en&type=doc&reference=https%3A%2F%2Fgds.blog.gov.uk%2F2016%2F02%2F23%2Fwriting-content-for-everyone%2F]]', Roz Strachan, Government Digital Service, 2016
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118	118	[['Joseph Kimble—No, the law does not (normally) require legalese'>>url:http://www.ivacheung.com/2015/07/joseph-kimble-no-the-law-does-not-normally-require-legalese-editing-goes-global-2015/]] Editing Goes Global, 2015. Professor Joseph Kimble discusses the "psuedo-precision of legalese".
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120	120	[[Plain language: the underlying research>>url:https://www.victorialawfoundation.org.au/sites/default/files/resources/Schriver_Karen%20Clarity2012.pdf]], Karen Schriver slide presentation, pages 29 to 35.
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126	126	[[Plain English Campaign>>url:http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/campaigning/past-campaigns/legal/drafting-in-plain-english.html]] believes legalese is unnecessary and does not do what it was intended to. "The argument that clarity should be sacrificed for a document to be comprehensive does not stand up."
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129		-Medical ====
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131	131	[[Guide to medical information>>http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/medicalguide.pdf]] from Plain English Campaign.
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133	133	[[Guidance on writing letters to outpatients>>http://www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Please_write_to_me_Guidance_010918.pdf]] from Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
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137	137	[['Connecting with audiences: An evidence-based language sourcebook for the Department of Health'>>http://www.linguisticlandscapes.co.uk/pdf/DH%20Language%20Guidelines%20230710%20FINAL_for%20website_240114.pdf]] Linguistic Landscapes, July 2010
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139		-[[NHS content style guide beta>>https://beta.nhs.uk/service-manual/content/how-we-write]], January 2019
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	139	+[[NHS content style guide beta>>https://beta.nhs.uk/service-manual/content/how-we-write]], January 2019
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142		-==== Finance ====
	141	+[[A to Z of financial terms (PDF 87KB)>>http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/financialguide.pdf]] from Plain English Campaign.[[Plain English guide to financial term (PDF 686KB)>>https://www.nala.ie/resources/plain-english-guide-financial-terms]] from National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland, January 2009.
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144		-[[A to Z of financial terms (PDF 87KB)>>http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/financialguide.pdf]] from Plain English Campaign.
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146		-[[Plain English guide to financial term (PDF 686KB)>>https://www.nala.ie/resources/plain-english-guide-financial-terms]] from National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland, January 2009.
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151	151	See also: