{
  "abstract": "Words have the power to harm or heal, and there has been recent interest in the influence that choice of language has on patient care and experience. The use of person-centered language in medicine, separating an individual’s identity from their medical history, can produce positive effects by decreasing stigma and building trust. 1 2 An example is describing a patient as a “person with substance use disorder” rather than a “drug addict.”3",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mia Ye"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Oluwatobi O Hunter"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA",
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Alex Kou"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA",
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Edward R Mariano"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Trends in person-centered language use in the journal regional anesthesia and pain medicine: an analysis of article titles from 2010 to 2023",
  "uid": "e8a6c3fd-6894-5eb1-a2e2-c9cf8f47e69c"
}