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Monday, August 18, 2003The increasing rate of litigation means that there is a far higher chance that doctors will be asked in court to explain the exact meaning of NFN (Normal for Norfolk), FLK (Funny looking kid) or GROLIES (Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt). Dr Fox recounts the tale of one doctor who had scribbled TTFO - an expletive expression roughly translated as "Told To Go Away" - on a patient's notes. He told BBC News Online: "This guy was asked by the judge what the acronym meant, and luckily for him he had the presence of mind to say: 'To take fluids orally'." Those British, they have such a way with words. (More British medical slang can be found here, including one that can be applied to all fields - "assmosis") An added bonus - one of the rapid responses gives an account of an unbelievably frivolous lawsuit that took two years to throw out of court. And we thought things were bad in the U.S. posted by Sydney on 8/18/2003 11:23:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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