Overview
- Unique question-and-answer format delves into key topics in medical writing
- Discusses habits of successful medical authors, reading for writers, ethical issues and the path to publication
- Serves as a thorough guide for anyone interested in medical writing and editing, regardless of their medical specialty
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About this book
This book presents must-know facts generally not covered in “How To” books about medical writing. Every medical writer, whether a beginner or veteran, needs answers to questions many might not even know to ask. How does your personality type influence your writing behavior, and what can you do to make writing easier for you? What should you ask before agreeing to co-author an article for publication or write a book chapter? What are some of the current issues regarding copyright and plagiarism that authors may face? What has research discovered about the quotations and references found in journal articles? What do you need to know about open access journals and predatory publishers? Dr. Taylor tells some surprising truths about medical publishing, including possible sources of peer review bias and some alarming influences on what ends up in print. He also relates little-known stories about renowned medical writers such as Sir William Osler, William Carlos Williams and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and the origins of some of medicine’s classic publications.
What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know provides information vital for every health care professional who aspires to write for others to read: academicians and practicing physicians; nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants; and professional medical and scientific writers.
Reviews
“I recommend What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know as a valuable resource not only for ‘serious’ medical authors who write for a living but for family physicians and clinicians who write occasionally for publication and would enjoy learning more about the inspiring history of the profession.” (Kenneth Lin, Family Medicine, stfm.org, July-August, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Robert B. Taylor, MD is the author and editor of more than thirty medical books and several hundred published articles, as well a veteran of both rural private practice and chairmanship of a medical school clinical department.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know
Book Subtitle: Questions and Answers for the Serious Medical Author
Authors: Robert B. Taylor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20264-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20263-1Published: 11 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20264-8Published: 29 August 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 220
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine, Primary Care Medicine