The shifting sands of language - And what do we really mean by governance, most of the time?

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The shifting sands of language - And what do we really mean by governance, most of the time?

11 May 2022

Tim Tenbensel

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 02:00 AM

White sands CR Joshua Gandara on Unsplash

Words change their meanings, so it pays to be clear about concepts like “governance” [Image: Joshua Gandara on Unsplash]

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Before you know it, a word may be morphing to mean something else. This can be important for the health sector, writes Tim Tenbensel

PHOs have been crucial actors in the governance of primary healthcare An intriguing feature of language is how two words having the same root and

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