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Medical writing a guide for clinicians, educators, and researchers /

Medical writing skills are crucial for clinicians, educators and researchers alike.¡ Whether you work in a busy practice or in an academic setting, Medical Writing will give you the know-how to translate observations and ideas into an article, report or book chapter that is ready for publication.¡ D...

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Main Author: Taylor, Robert B.
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Springer, ©2011.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 372 pages) : illustrations.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Subjects:
Medical writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the fourth edition
  • Preface to the fourth edition
  • About the author
  • 1 KNOW THE GAME
  • The process of writing
  • The scientific article as truth
  • The truth about scientific articles
  • Marketing : a vulgar but comforting approach
  • Implications for the reader of this book
  • Bookchoice
  • 2 KNOW YOURSELF
  • Do you really want to write?
  • Goals
  • and how to achieve them?
  • Making time
  • Setting objectives
  • 3 FIRST SET YOURSELF A BRIEF
  • When to stop researching and start writing
  • Only one message per article
  • Choose the market
  • Decide on the length
  • 4 EXPAND THE BRIEF
  • Gather your strength
  • Sort it out
  • Expand the spidergram
  • Bookchoice
  • 5 MAKE A PLAN, OR FOUR
  • Understanding structure 1 : the paragraph
  • Understanding 2 : the scientific paper
  • Writing the plan
  • 6 WRITE THE FIRST DRAFT
  • Conquer the fear of writing ...
  • Get ready to write
  • Go with the flow
  • Write each section in turn
  • Overcome writer's lock
  • Bookchoice
  • 7 REWRITE YOUR DRAFT
  • Now comes the pain ...
  • Macroediting
  • Microediting
  • Bookchoice
  • 8 PREPARE THE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS
  • The title page
  • The abstract
  • References
  • Tables and figures
  • Letter to the editor
  • Bookchoice
  • 9 USE INTERNAL REVIEWERS
  • 'Hit me again ... and again ... '
  • Voluntary reviewing
  • Compulsory reviewing
  • Bookchoice
  • 10 SEND OFF THE PACKAGE
  • At last ...
  • ... into the black hole
  • Coping with rejection
  • Coping with acceptance
  • After publication
  • REFERENCES
  • SOME USEFUL WEBSITES
  • INDEX.

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