User talk:Lbandler

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--Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 12:01, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Medical history

Why did you remove the alternative names (which are, so far as I can discover, accurate)? (Incidentally, ~~~~ doesn't work in edit summaries; you don't have to sign them anyway). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 12:01, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mel Etitis 1 You're right of course, the term anamnesis is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as "...patient's account of his medical history". However it is worth noting that I have to look in the dictionary to confirm it. I removed them because the definition of medical history given here is "... information gained by a physician ..." As a doctor who takes medical histories every working day, talking with doctors who do likewise, reading articles by doctors who do the same, I have never used or even heard of the terms anamnesis and heteroanamnesis before reading this article. Therefore I don't believe that the terms are correct in this particular context. They make an otherwise excellent and useful summary (I'm not sure who wrote it) somewhat clumsy. 2 My apologies for the misuse of tildes. I am still trying to get used to the complex navigation system that is Wikipedia. I sign them because I think I should "own up" to anything I write. Where DO I put the tildes? Here? Lbandler 02:53, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible that the term's use is geographically limited (where do you practise?).
Nothing to apologise for; I just thought that I'd let you know, though, to save you time when writing edit summaries. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:40, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry ... slow to repond ... you're right it may be geographically limited. I work in Australia and only read English language journals (mainly UK and USA). Lbandler 07:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]