Medical Abbreviations: 24,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety

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Summary: Essential for health care workers
Review: I am a traveling coding specialist and have to say this is one of the best abbreviation books out there. Doctors' propensity for creating their own abbreviations as well as regional obscurity (yes, every region of the country has different abbreviations for the same thing) makes this one tool I always like to have with me. That along with it's small size insures it is one book I always have in my briefcase.

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Summary: best way to protect yourself!!!
Review: This book is a literal lifesaver!! I used it when I needed to go over my own medical chart, and it helped me to make sense of what was going on. Every patient or potential patient needs to take responsibility for making sure that they do not become a medication or hospital error, and this book gives them the translation tools to begin to decipher what is going on in their charts. A big step toward medical democracy!!