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[DeCS terminology and the new rules on orthography of Portuguese language: guidelines for an update]
Teresa Avalos Pereira1, Edna Frasson de Souza Montero
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão e Informática em Saúde, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil. teresa.bc@epm.br
Purpose:
To indicate orthographic changes to be used as a basic reference for professionals, researchers, doctors, teachers, students and users, which are directly linked and performing activities in health services in general, aimed at implementing the correct orthography in recovery and production of their scientific studies.
Methods:
For data collection, were shown some examples of terminology DeCS (Descriptors in Health Science) analyzed according to the current spelling and compared with the Orthographic Vocabulary of Portuguese Language (VOLP).
Results:
It was select and listed examples of key words and/or terms related to Health Sciences, which was compared to the respective rules of the Orthographic Agreement of Portuguese Language, and divided into three items: graphical accentuation, the non use of dieresis and exceptions and, the use of hyphen.
Conclusion:
This study show some guidelines for the orthographic alterations of the terms used by scientific community, according the new orthographic rules, contributing for the efficiency in the description of the documents and consequently in their recovery.
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