Research Catalog

Title

The clinician's guide to medical writing / Robert B. Taylor.

Author

Taylor, Robert B.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

xiv, 266 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"This book teaches what clinicians need to know about medical writing and publishing. It is for the physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who sees patients and also wants to contribute to the medical literature, as well as for the assistant professor aspiring to promotion. It is written from the viewpoint of the clinician seeking the personal enrichment that writing can bring. Readers learn how to translate observations and ideas from practice into written form and eventually into print."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Medical writing
• Writing > standards
• Publications > standards

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Getting started in medical writing -- 2. Basic writing skills -- 3. From page one to the end -- 4. Technical issues in medical writing -- 5. What's special about medical writing? -- 6. How to write a review article -- 7. Case reports, editorials, letters to the editor, book reviews, and other publication models -- 8. Writing book chapters and books -- 9. How to write a report of a clinical study -- 10. Getting your writing published -- App. 1. Glossary of terms used in medical writing -- App. 2. Commonly used proofreader's marks -- App. 3. Commonly used medical abbreviations -- App. 4. Normal laboratory values for adult patients.

ISBN

0387222499 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004052497

OCLC

• ocm55797728
• SCSB-5125087

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries