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Words Matter, from Clinical Documentation to Case Reports

  |  Issue: January 2018  |  

References

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  7. @CDCDirector. You may be understandably concerned about recent media reports alleging that CDC is banned from using certain words in budget documents. Twitter. 2017 Dec 17.
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