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
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Medical Writing A Guide for Clinicians, Educators, and Researchers Second Edition
Robert B. Taylor, M.D.
Robert B. Taylor, M.D. Department of Family Medicine Mail Code FM Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-8233-9 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-8234-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8234-6 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931891 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2005, 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
This book is intended to make you a better medical writer. This is true whether you are a clinician in a busy practice, an educator teaching students in the health professions, or a researcher who conducts and reports randomized clinical trials. It is for the physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who sees patients and who also wants to contribute to the medical literature. It is for the medical educator writing articles and book chapters to share new information and, incidentally, to attain promotion and tenure. And it is for the investigator whose career success depends, in large measure, on critical skills in developing research protocols, preparing grant applications and writing articles describing the eventual research findings. If you are new to medical writing or even if you have been the author of some articles or book chapters and seek to improve your abilities, this book can help you. Who am I that I can make this assertion and write this book, both fairly presumptuous acts? Here’s my reasoning. As a practicing physician and medical educator, writing has been my avocation. Over 14 years in private practice and 32 years in academic medicine, I have written using all the major models described in this book: review articles, case reports, editorials, letters to the editor, book reviews, book chap
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