Alcina A. Conceptos y términos para una pandemia. Panace@. 2022;23(55):113-115.

Review prepared by Amparo Alcina, from the Jaume I University, in the Panace@ magazine on the Multilingual Dictionary of covid-19. Five-cents terms to understand the pandemic, published in 2022 by the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation and TERMCAT with the coordination of M. Antònia Julià, Elisabet Serés and Fèlix Bosch. Read the article

2022

RECOMENDAMOS: Graziella Almendral presenta en Barcelona el libro Vacunas. Cuando los seres humanos ganamos la guerra invisible

¿Por qué, cuando la COVID-19 aún parecía algo remoto, la comunidad científica lo dejó todo para ponerse a buscar una vacuna? ¿Cómo se las ingenian los virus para provocar auténticos cataclismos? ¿Saben ya los epidemiólogos cuál será la siguiente pandemia? ¿Por qué, si contamos con una excelente vacuna contra el sarampión, no logramos erradicar la…

2022

Sabaté F. Ciència i llengua per al segle xxi: els Congressos de Metges i Biòlegs de Llengua Catalana. Annals de Medicina. 2021;104:113-115.

Article published in the journal Annals de Medicina by Ferran Sabaté on the subject of the online session The congresses of Catalan-speaking doctors and biologists. The past, the present and the challenges of the future, organized by the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation, the Catalan Society of the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Medicine of Catalonia and the…

Casino G, Prados A, Bosch F. Articles on drugs in the Spanish press: How much information and what topics make the news? Prisma Social. 2020;31:190-211.

News about drugs is important for health professionals, businesses, and the general public. However, studies examining news articles about drugs are lacking. This paper uses content analysis to examine articles about drugs in 17 Spanish newspapers (13 general, two business, and two professional) from 2008 through 2017. On average, general and business newspapers published three…

2020

Review and update of essential drug entries in the new Diccionari Enciclopèdic de Medicina (DEMCAT)

From the list that the World Health Organization compiled in 2019 with the drugs it considered essential, the Society of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Medicine (SOCDEMCAT) and the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation have collaborated with TERMCAT in the terminological review and updating of 200 terms related to pharmacology, including those that have been used in…

2020

Practical guide for speakers with simultaneous interpretation

Speakers at international medical conferences know little about simultaneous interpreting, although it is essential for a correct transmission of the information presented at these events. As interpreters work on the basis of the speech that is given, the quality of the interpreted message depends to a large extent on the quality and suitability of said…

2020