Talk:List of medical organizations

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Of course not. Not all medical institutions are medical associations, so the lists should be kept separate. --R.Sabbatini 20:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the appropriate abbreviations could be merged that would be great. -- [User: deamerb : Bryn Deamer 09:42, 30 August 2006 (PDT) - Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, California. Transcriptions Liaison]

I think a merger makes sense, as long as both abbreviation and full name appear for each organisation. To deal with the objection by R. Sabbatini - what's the difference between an "association" and an "institution" anyway? We're entering very vague terminological territory. I'd say that not all the "associations" in List of medical associations are associations - or at least not what I would call associations. They are a mixed bag of organisations of various types - institutions, institutes, societies, associations, colleges, etc - and I think the title List of medical organisations would be better! So I'm going for a name change AND a merger! Gnusmas 23:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - change of mind... As long as the list of abbreviations contains things like personnel (e.g. RN) as well as organisations, then a merger seems a bad idea. The list is parallel to List of medical abbreviations, mopping up a really mixed bag of abbreviations and acronyms which refer to the administration of health care rather than medical/clinical entities themselves. I think we need both lists more or less as they are. But I still want to change the name of List of medical associations to List of medical organisations! Gnusmas 00:00, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]