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Baker act - sm

Posted By: sammypot on 2008-01-01
In Reply to: A Baker Act is a means of providing individuals with emergency services and temporary detention... - MT50

Subject: Baker act - sm

Sorry, I did not phrase my question clearly -


What I need to know is other than the Baker act - doctor said something that sounded like bayshun or vachon act




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There is a trend toward reducing the number of punctuation marks (which I personally think is promoting the illiteracy which is already rampant in this country), but in more than 20 years as a rad MT and a rad tech, I have never heard anything except Baker's cyst.


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http://painconsortium.nih.gov/pain_scales/index.html
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it said to transcribe what is dictated, so if the dictator said Baker's cyst, then that's the way to go.
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There is also noted to be a large Baker’s cyst in the posterior aspect to the left knee. please sm
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