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> PArticipation in RAndomized trials Compromised by widely Held beliefs aboUt lack of Treatment Equipoise (PARACHUTE) That has got to be one of the most tortur
by jxramos 8y ago
> PArticipation in RAndomized trials Compromised by widely Held beliefs aboUt lack of Treatment Equipoise (PARACHUTE)
That has got to be one of the most torturous acronyms I've ever seen. That's a bit of a stretch.
- Fomite 8y agoOh my sweet summer child... Biomedicine has gone whole hog into torturing acronyms to make useful sounding cohort names.
- avar 8y agoAlso NASA. They just landed InSight on Mars. Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. Most of the names are something where they're clearly trying to squeeze out a cute cohort name at all costs.