Medical Writing A Prescription for Clarity

Name: Medical Writing A Prescription for Clarity
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ISBN: 9780521858571

ISBN-10: 0521858577

ISBN-13: 9780521858571

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Neville W. Goodman, Martin B. Edwards, Andy Black

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Effective communication is the ultimate, but often daunting, purpose of any piece of medical research. Medical Writing: A Prescription for Clarity provides practical information enabling first drafts to be turned into clear, simple, unambiguous text, without loss of individuality. Written by a medical consultant and an experienced medical editor, it is sympathetic to the problems and needs of medical writers. Like the preceding two editions, this expanded third edition deals with the basic craft of writing for publication, from spelling and grammar to choosing the best word or phrase. Whether writing a simple clinical report or thesis, wanting to supervise others, or wanting just to develop…

Book details

List price: $64.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




Problem: The Illness



Introduction



The malaise of medical manuscripts



Solution - Symptomatic Relief



Guidelines to clearer writing



Is there a better word?



Superfluous words



Imprecise words and phrases



Superfluous phrases



Trouble with short words



Use of the passive voice



Consistency: number and tenses



Circumlocution, metaphor and clichï¿½



Word order and pronouns



Punctuation



Constructing sentences



Drawing clear graphs



Practice: Recuperation



Some examples rewritten



Do the experts agree?


Appendix


Exercises