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Medical Writing Pointers and Pitfalls

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What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know

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What do medical writers do right, and what do they sometimes do wrong? Chapter 4 tells the habits of experienced, successful writers, also how to deal with some of the problems writers face, such as “writer’s block” and the tendency to make “rookie errors.” Also discussed are some of the advantages and issues that arise when there are coauthors. The chapter also describes the Fog Index, the problem of factual errors, and the selection of the best title for an article or book.

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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Robert B. Taylor MD (Professor, Professor Emeritus)

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

    Robert B. Taylor MD (Professor, Professor Emeritus)

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Taylor, R.B. (2015). Medical Writing Pointers and Pitfalls. In: What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20264-8_4

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