AMA - against medical advice or American Medical Association; ambu-bag - handheld squeeze bag attached to a face mask. see also bagging; amitriptyline - a tricyclic antidepressant; amoxicillin - an antibiotic;
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Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with A, such as A&C (Administrative & Clerical), A&E (Accident & Emergency department of a hospital), AAAC (Adults Abused As Children) and many more ... Click on these to visit the Medical Jargon and Acronyms starting with:
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CME Final (PDF File)
MEDICAL JARGON &; CLEAR COMMUNICATION; Presented by Molina HealthCare and; California Academy of Family Physicians; The California Academy of Family Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing;
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A new study just published in PLoS One reports that simply using technical-sounding labels for newly popularised medical conditions changes our understanding of the condition itself, leading us to think it is more serious and more common.
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In reply to Medical jargon/terminology, posted by Larry Hoover on November 23, 2002, at 11:51:09 ... It lists a lot of good sites. It has a medical dictionary site listed that is well worth reading and then some. ... Medical jargon/terminology Larry Hoover 11/23/02...
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Medical jargon is commonly used by health-care professionals. ... Medical jargon is commonly used by health-care professionals. The use of such jargon is sometimes criticized as insensitive or callous. Rather than generalize, we identify four basic types of medical jargon and discuss their relevant moral distinctions.
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We are in the grip of an epidemic of medical jargon. Once upon a time, people had heart attacks and skin cancer. Now they have myocardial infarctions and malignant melanomas. You might think it is pretty rich for someone who works in philosophy to complain about terminology elsewhere.
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Dutch researcher Ronald Cornet has developed and tested various evaluation methods for assessing the quality of medical terminology systems. Good clinical and epidemiological research depends upon medical jargon being unequivocal and correct.
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