The power of words to affect international and domestic health policy, both proposal and implementation, is analyzed. The complexity of the implication for social programs related to “allied health,” “social security,” “pandemics,” “induced abortion,” and numerous others is illustrated with colorful linguistic references. The present use of emotionally charged themes to categorize and polarize issues receives special attention in this second of a two-part series of articles.
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