OHSU – Inclusive Language Project team

The OHSU Inclusive Language Guide is intended as an evolving tool to help OHSU members learn about and use inclusive language in institutional communications, patient care (including chart notes), instruction, and presentations around descriptors of: Race and ethnicity, Immigration status, Gender and sexual orientation, and Ability (including physical, mental, and chronological attributes).

This guide is a direct response to requests from many OHSU members in the wake of President Danny Jacobs’ June 2020 proclamation that OHSU will work to dismantle systemic racism. Campus leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion and communications convened a six-person, diverse, cross-institutional Inclusive Language Project Team.

Author: OHSU
Resource Type: Online Article/Report