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Anand S. Iyer, MD, MSPH

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Associate CMO @uabmedicine | Pulmonologist | Beeson Scholar | Creator: @pallipulm & @geripulm | Go Blazers | Views = mine

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6 months ago

I am a huge supporter of “person first” language.

Wrote a perspective with the late Randy Curtis in which he replaced every instance of “COPD patient” I wrote with “person with COPD”.

I haven’t gone back since.

Some may prefer the former.

Perhaps ask?

Thoughts?

I am a huge supporter of “person first” language. Wrote a #pallipulm perspective with the late Randy Curtis in which he replaced every instance of “COPD patient” I wrote with “person with COPD”. I haven’t gone back since. Some may prefer the former. Perhaps ask? Thoughts?
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