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.¡ Dr. Robert B. Taylor, a distinguished leader in academic medicine, uses a clear, conversational style throughout this book to emphasize the personal enrichment that writing can bring.¡ Dr. Taylor draws from personal lessons learned while publishing two dozen medical books and several hundred papers to give valuable advice on writing: ¡ -Review articles -Case reports -Editorials and letters to the editor -Book reviews -Book chapters -Reference books -Research protocols -Grant proposals -Research reports ¡ Loaded with practical¡information, tips to help achieve publication of your work, and real world examples, Medical Writing can improve your skills, whether you are new to medical writing or a published author.

Revised edition of: The clinician's guide to medical writing / Robert B. Taylor. ©2005.

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 …