Questioning Medical Sanity (2)
Medical slang and acronyms have all the time been a part of the popular culture of medication. The slang often makes humorous reference to traits related to patients or affected person care. However generally, the commentary is crude, sarcastic, derogatory, indignant, distasteful or downright hurtful. An addition, medical acronyms and patient mispronunciations have even been recognized to make it right into a patient chart or two. The language of drugs is crammed with hundreds, perhaps 1000’s, of abbreviated reference to medical illnesses and humorous examples of phonetic misadventures. For example CAD means coronary artery disease while COPD means power obstructive pulmonary illness. Unfortunately (or fortuitously relying on your standpoint), medical doctors and nurses have created their very own underground slang and acronym language to explain their experiences around them. Some of us name medical slang an art kind. Other folks might consider it unethical.
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