Acronyms and Short Forms
ASOs – AIDS service organizations/HIV service organization
CATIE – Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information
CBT – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CWGHR – Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation
HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus
OT – Occupational therapy or occupational therapist
OTC – Over the counter (medications that do not require a prescription)
PT – Physiotherapy, physiotherapist, physical therapy
RMT - Registered massage therapy or therapist
SLP – Speech-language pathology or pathologist
TENS - Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation