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Re: How about help instead of treatment ?

Postby MilliPete » Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:10 pm

Help implies that you get helped, that it will make things improve.
Treatment implies that measures are taken in the hope of changing something.

Therefore, I think it is better to speak of "treatment" rather than "help" in this context. It does not help everybody, meds may have more negative than positive effects or even cause allergic reactions etc. It is more honest to offer "treatment" than to say you offer "help" if you cannot guarantee that your treatment will indeed help the patient.
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Re: How about help instead of treatment ?

Postby Cheze2 » Sat Oct 05, 2013 3:24 pm

I think that is a great point millipete
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