In search of the king's clothes: breaking through the acronym hierarchy

Abstract

Lost in a world of jargon? Bamboozled by acronyms? Unsure of what your colleagues or therapist is talking about? Then fear not. You are not alone. Andrew Gordon is a seasoned service user who thinks services and the public sector have gone jargon‐mad. In a frank and hard‐hitting article he uncovers a world where professionals are so intimidated by abbreviations and terminology they are afraid to speak out and ask the unthinkable, ‘excuse me what does that acronym actually mean?’

Citation

Gordon, A. (2006), "In search of the king's clothes: breaking through the acronym hierarchy", Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 20-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/17459265200600044