What's in a name?

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    • Abstract:
      The author reflects on the huge numbers of diagnostic terms used in medicine. He mentions that making new layers of descriptive diagnostic terms, with the aim to lessen fear, achieves little if it trades gains with losses due to disorganization or unfamiliarity. He states that incisive prognostication could be better attained by implementing detailed staging protocols than revise and add diagnostic names.