Medical Writing: A Prescription for Clarity

by Neville W. Goodman, Martin B. Edwards, Andy Black (Illustrator)

Effective communication is the ultimate, but often daunting, purpose of any medical research or review. This book provides the practical information necessary to turn first drafts into concise, unambiguous text, without loss of individuality. Written by a consultant anaesthetist and two experienced medical editors, all sympathetic to the problems and needs of medical writers, the book deals with the basic craft of writing, from choosing the best word or phrase to essential grammar. This expanded fourth edition includes many more words better replaced, and deals explicitly with the problems of writers whose first language is not English. Whether you are writing a simple clinical report or a thesis, supervising others, running a course on medical or scientific writing, or just want to develop your skills in written communication, this book is the ideal guide and reference. Clear, simple and precise, and illustrated with apt cartoons, this is an invaluable handbook. Significantly expanded to include additional chapters on the difficulties of English as an additional language, technology and changing language, circumlocution, and clich s and article titles Comprehensive lists of words and phrases that can be found and replaced enable a quick-start to improving medical English Over 40 new exercises, with explanations, allow readers to test whether they have grasped the principles outlined in the text

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

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