title: 'Euphemasia' is the widespread practice of calling a spade a manual digging implement.
authors.affiliation: Gateshead and Tyneside Health Authority.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moody
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003144:Communication Barriers; D005835:Genitalia; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012660:Semantics; D012752:Shame