title: Abbreviations in medicine. Are we shortchanging our patients and ourselves?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, NY.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Buff
mesh_terms: D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*