Terminology Standardization in Chinese Medicine: The Perspective from UCLA Center for East-West Medicine ( I ).

The article addresses the issues concerning the terminology standardization for English language Chinese medical publications. One of the themes of debate is whether to use single standards versus plural terms, which involves issues of clinical accuracy, historical diversity, translatability and technical language. The other theme focuses on the basis for standards, which involves the use of biomedical terminology or traditional terminology of Chinese medical terms.