When Your Language Gives Away That You Don't Have a Clue

Feb 4, 2013

February 4, 2013

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In his blog HIV and ID Observations, Dr. Paul Sax explains the importance of using appropriate medical language.

Dr. Paul Sax receives an e-mail in which the writer refers to AIDS as “the AID Syndrome,” reminding him of an embarrassing incident during his third year of medical school. Using the wrong terminology — even when it's technically correct — makes one seem incompetent, he writes in his blog HIV and ID Observations.