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medical decision making - oreosmom


Posted: Jan 16, 2012

Subheading: MEDICAL DECISION MAKING OR MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING. Please help!

No hyphen. - sm - jld

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I wouldn't worry about putting a hyphen when it's part of a heading, especially since it's not being used as a compound adjective before a noun.

Besides, this is a regular heading on one of the templates for the hospital I do work for, and it doesn't have a hyphen on their template. So I would leave it out. Hope that helps.

medical decision-making - EJ

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Medical is an adjective modifying the subject term, decision-making.

okay, anybody else have an opinion? - oreosmom

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medical decision making....hyphen or no hyphen...What's your opinion

agree with hyphen - nm

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no hyphen in either MT or coding world - hmmm

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Medical is not the subject to the word making.

Medical making does not make sense.

Decision making makes sense.

This is not a compound adjective phrase.
incorrect - nm
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agree with hyphen - medical decision-making

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it would be unclear without the hyphen. e.g.: "Her medical decision making skills are wanting."


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