Hello, Dr. N.P. van Duijn,
Please not anger on the usage of the term "CAT". Because the term "CAT"
is common to whom learning EBM. "CAT" is as common as "NNT" ,"ARR" etc.
for EBM learners.
So, If you cannot recognize any terms of EBM, please ask me freely .
I'm also non-English native speaker, too. In case I don't know about
such abbriviation, that is quite difficult term for non-natives. But, such a
case,
the members here kindly tell us the meaning of the term.
Please, don't be angry,please..............
Regards
Saio
> What's a CAT?
> Why use abbrevations, acronyms?
>
> The last years the medical literature, especially in U.S. journals,
> is infected with a special kind of jargon: abbrevations & acronyms.
>
> This epidemic is contraproductive to international professional
> communication. Often it is jargon that is limited to one country, one
> culture, within the scientific community. And that is definitely not
> the function of professional jargon. Professional jargon is meant to
> form a bridge between cultures as the carrier of all professional
> jargons, the english language, hase evolved to the basis of all
> international communication.
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