Medical Writing
A Prescription for Clarity
Published on 25. October 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
205 pages
978-0-521-40701-4 (ISBN)
Description
Effective communication is the ultimate but often daunting aim of any piece of medical research or clinical study. This book offers the practical information necessary to turn a complex series of results into unambiguous text, without loss of style or individuality.
Reviews / Votes
'Read this book and make sure your students do.' Andrew Morris, The British Journal of PsychiatryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
232 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-40701-4 (9780521407014)
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10/2006
3rd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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01/1997
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Additional editions
Neville W. Goodman | Martin B. Edwards | Elise Langdon-Neuner
Medical Writing
A Prescription for Clarity
E-Book
08/2014
4th Edition
Cambridge University Press
€60.49
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Content
Part 1 Problem - the illness: the malaise of medical manuscripts. Part 2 Solution - symptomatic relief: guidelines to clearer writing - Watson and Crick show how it's done, planning, getting started, some grammatical terms, how a word processor can help, a list of style indicators, spelling; 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; word order and pronouns; punctuation; constructing sentences. Part 3 Practice - recuperation: some examples to re-write; do the experts agree?.