| KAP study | Knowledge, Attitude & Practice study |
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| AADGP | American Academy of Dental Group Practice |
| AADPA | American Academy of Dental Practice Administration |
| AAFP | American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family Practice |
| AAGP | American Academy of General Practice; American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry |
| medical informatics computing | Precise procedural mathematical and logical operations utilised in the study of medical information pertaining to health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| medical jurisprudence | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical missions, official | Travel by a group of physicians to a foreign country for the purpose of making a special study or of undertaking a special project of a short-term duration; not to be confused with missions and missionaries which covers permanent medical establishments and personnel maintained by religious organizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical model | A set of assumptions that views behavioural abnormalities in the same framework as physical disease or abnormalities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical mycology | The study of fungi that produce disease in humans and other animals, and of the diseases they produce, their ecology, and their epidemiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical office buildings | Office and laboratory facilities constructed for the use of physicians and other health personnel. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical oncologist | <specialist> A cancer physician, qualified in internal medicine who has subspecialised in the whole person assessment of patients with cancer and also in the use of chemotherapy, hormones and biotherapy. Some medical oncologists combine their practice with internal medicine, others with haem-oncology or palliative medicine. There are few such specialists world-wide. The majority work in academic university units. (16 Dec 1997) |
| medical oncology | A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical pathology | Pathology pertaining to various diseases not suitable for treatment by surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles to the practice of medicine; the application of clinical psychology or clinical health psychology, usually in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical receptionists | Individuals who receive patients in a medical office. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical record administrators | Individuals professionally qualified in the management of patients' records. Duties may include planning, designing, and managing systems for patient administrative and clinical data, as well as patient medical records. The concept includes medical record technicians. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical record linkage | The creation and maintenance of medical and vital records in multiple institutions in a manner that will facilitate the combined use of the records of identified individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records | Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical records department, hospital | Hospital department responsible for the creating, care, storage and retrieval of medical records. It also provides statistical information for the medical and administrative staff. (12 Dec 1998) |