The Complete Guide to Medical Writing - Softcover

Mark Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853696675 ISBN 13: 9780853696674

Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press, 2007

Synopsis

"The Complete Guide to Medical Writing" is intended to consider all aspects of medical/scientific writing in one concise introductory text. Each chapter considers an individual, distinct aspect of medical writing although wherever possible the chapters follow a similar structure. The book is intended to provide an overview to the novice writer by explaining how to get published, how to write for a particular audience or in a particular media, what the publishing processes are and what the financial rewards might be.

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Product Description

Intended to consider various aspects of medical/scientific writing in one concise introductory text. This book is intended to provide an overview to the novice writer by explaining how to get published, how to write for a particular audience or in a particular media, what the publishing processes are and what the financial rewards might be.

Review

I was especially impressed with the book's focus on audience, which infuses almost every chapter...John Kirkman provided an excellent discussion on writing for an audience, including some of the latest research on how readers read, an aspect of audience analysis often overlooked by authors of technical communication texts...I would not hesitate to recommend it to participants in a workshop for doctors or researchers who are writing for novices --Carolyn Boiarsky, Technical Communication, Volume 56, Number 3, 3 August 2009

The book is indeed complete and speaks to novice writers or students who may be new to the health professions, as well as knowledgeable clinicians and researchers who need help compiling examination questions, writing press releases, or adding publications to their resumes...besides a thorough back-of-the-book index, the book has useful appendixes...anyone involved in the health professions, whether readers or writers, will appreciate and enjoy this book...is a joy to read by any lover of language and its many applications. --Elizabeth H. Wood. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2008 January; 96(1): 70

This book is a tour-de-force of virtually all aspects of medical writing. It is a comprehensive, yet practical guide to the conception, preparation, and presentation of material in written form...this book delivers. It is difficult to imagine an area of medical writing that is not covered by this comprehensive and practical guide, and it is difficult to imagine any medical professional, at any level, not finding something extremely useful in it. --Robert B. Raffa, Temple University School of Pharmacy. July 2007. Doody Enterprises, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0853696675
• ISBN 13: 9780853696674
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Mark Stuart