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caren_630
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Help please!!
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Dear colleagues, Is there any difference in meaning between surveillance and monitoring (as a noun not a verb)? Would it be correct to use them both in the following sentence? This patient was the only case of cancer under (surveillance/monitoring). These cancer (surveillance/monitoring) programmes are now widely implemented despite not being subjected to clinical trial. Thanks a lot in advance, |
11 Nov 2016
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Jayho
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Hi Caren
Good question, and yes, there is a difference.
Surveillance mostly relates to criminal type activities but it is used for medical conditions. It implies intense monitoring to �catch � something or someone and to then immediately act on who or what is caught.
Monitoring is the ongoing action to check on, and report on, changes to a place or person
In your given example, surveillance would be the correct choice.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Jayho
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11 Nov 2016
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