Clinicians' Guide to Medical Writing

New York : Springer , cop. 2011

1 online resource (375 p.)

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Description based upon print version of record.. - Medical Writing; Preface; Table of Contents; About This Book; 1Getting Started in Medical Writing; Why We Write; Why We Don't Write; Random Thoughts About Medical Writing; Writing as History; Writing and Reading; Writing and You; Who Writes?; Medical Writing as Storytelling; Writing as Creativity; Writing Topics and Your Career; Assembling Your Resources; Your Writing Area; Books; Dictionaries; Basic Specialty-Specific Medical Reference Book; Inter-Specialty Reference Books; Computer Programs; Thesaurus; Electronic Medical Dictionary; Spell Checker; Drug Reference Program; Web Sites. - Boolean SearchingGoogle; Google Scholar; MEDLINE/PubMed; BioMedLib.com; MDConsult; UpToDate; Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals; Where Do I Start If I Have Never Been Published?; The Medical Writer's Three Questions; So What?; Who Cares?; Where Will My Article Be Published?; Some Early Steps; Writing Models for Beginners; Mistakes We Make When Getting Started; The Value of Early Success; References; 2Basic Writing Skills; Idea Development; The Great Idea; Allowing the Idea to Incubate; Focusing the Topic; ARTICLE STRUCTURE. - Metaphors and SimilesOnomatopoeia and Alliteration; Eponyms; Choosing the Words We Use; Using Words Precisely; Words That Might Annoy; Misused Words; Moving On; References; 3From Page One to the End; Prewriting; collecting and organizing data; Basic Research Tools; Notes; Outline; References; How Much Preparation Is Enough?; beginning: the first draft; Getting Started; Setting the Stage; Where and How to Begin; Delaying Tactics; Words One, Two, and Beyond; Getting Stuck; the middle: revising your work; Style and Clarity; Weighty Words and Sentences; Alternative Ways to Express Your Thoughts. - Mistakes We Make in Article StructureParagraph Development; Organizing the Paragraph; Using Concrete Examples; Being Considerate of Your Reader; Sentences; Active Versus Passive Voice; Construct Sentences with Care; Words per Sentence; Words per Verb; Using Variety in Your Sentences; Sentence Density; Cadence; Punctuation: Commas, Periods, and More; Commas; Semicolons; Periods and Question Marks; Sentences with Misplaced Phrases; Sentences with Verbose Phrases; Words; Understanding Medical Words; Some Thoughts About the Types of Words We Use; Nouns and Pronouns; Verbs; Modifiers. - Removing StuffRemoving Words; Removing Paragraphs and Sections of the Article; Danger Signs; Red-Flag Phrases; The Statement That Warms Your Heart; Cuteness; The Colleague as a Critical Reader; getting finished: the final draft; references; 4Technical Issues in Medical Writing; Tables; About Tables; What Journal Editors Want; Footnotes in Tables; Submitting Tables; Figures; About Figures; Types of Figures; Photographic Images; Line Drawings; Graphs; Algorithms; Submitting Figures with Your Manuscript; Copyright; Borrowed Materials and Permissions. - When Do I Need to Seek Permission for Use of Borrowed Material?. - The first edition of this book (titled ""The Clinician's Guide to Medical Writing"") has become a standard in its field and remains an indispensible reference for any clinician, academic physician, or health professional who wishes to hone their writing skills. However, since its publication in 2004, significant changes have taken place in the way medical professionals communicate with each other and the world.Medical Writing: A Guide for Clinicians and Academicians, 2e retains all of the fundamental writing advice of the first edition and has been expanded to include two brand new chapters: H

Electronic books. . - Periodical. . - Periodicals. : (OCoLC)fst01411641

808.06661 . - 808.0666105

9781441982339