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Getting started in medical writing -- Basic writing skills -- From page one to the end -- Technical issues in medical writing -- What’s special about medical writing? -- How to write a review article -- Case reports, editorials, letters to the editor, book reviews, and other publication models -- Writing book chapters and books -- How to write a report of a clinical study -- Getting your writing published -- Append. 1. Glossary of terms used in medical writing -- Append. 2. Commonly used proffreader’s marks -- Append. 3. Commonly used medical abbreviations -- Append. 4. Normal laboratory values for adult patients.

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Part I: Some Preliminaries -- Chapter 1: What is Scientific Writing? -- Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 3: Approaching a Writing Project -- Chapter 4 : What Is a Scientific Paper? -- Chapter 5: Ethics in Scientific Publishing -- Chapter 6 : Where to Submit Your Manuscript -- Part II: Preparing the Text -- Chapter 7: How to Prepare the Title -- Chapter 8: How to List the Authors and Addresses -- Chapter 9: How to Prepare the Abstract -- Chapter 10: How to Write the Introduction -- Chapter 11: How to Write the Materials and Methods Section -- Chapter 12_ How to Write the Results -- Chapter 13: How to Write the Discussion -- Chapter 14: How to State the Acknowledgments -- Chapter 15: How to Cite the References -- Part III: Preparing the Tables and Figures -- Chapter 16: How to Design Effective Tables -- Chapter 17: How to Prepare Effective Graphs -- Chapter 18: How to Prepare Effective Photographs -- Part IV: Publishing the Paper -- Chapter 19 : Rights and Permissions -- Chapter 20: How to Submit the Manuscript -- Chapter 21: The Review Process (How to Deal with Editors)-- Chapter 22: The Publishing Process (How to Deal with Proofs) -- Part V: Doing Other Writing for Publication -- Chapter 23: How to Write a Review Paper -- Chapter 24: How to Write Opinion (Book Reviews, Editorials, and Letters to the Editor)-- Chapter 25: How to Write a Book Chapter or a Book -- Chapter 26: How to Write for the Public -- Part VI: Conference Communications -- Chapter 27: How to Present a Paper Orally -- Chapter 28: How to Prepare a Poster -- Chapter 29: How to Write a Conference Report -- Part VII: Scientific Style -- Chapter 30: Use and Misuse of English -- Chapter 31: Avoiding Jargon -- Chapter 32: How and When to Use Abbreviations -- Chapter 33: Writing Clearly Across Cultures and Media -- Chapter 34: How to Write Science in English as a Foreign Language -- Part VIII: Other Topics in Scientific Communication -- Chapter 35: How to Write a Thesis -- Chapter 36: How to Prepare a Curriculum Vitae -- Chapter 37: How to Prepare Grant Proposals and Progress Reports -- Chapter 38: How to Write a Recommendation Letter-and How to Ask for One -- Chapter 39 : How to Work with the Media -- Chapter 40 : How to Provide Peer Review -- Chapter 41: How to Seek a Scientific-Communication Career -- Appendix 1: Selected Journal Title Word Abbreviations -- Appendix 2 : Words and Expressions to Avoid -- Appendix 3: Prefixes and Abbreviations for SI (Système International) Units -- Glossary of Technical Terms

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Pt. I. Problem: the illness. Introduction -- The malaise of medical manuscripts -- Pt. II. Solution: symptomatic relief. Guidelines to clearer writing -- 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, metaphor and cliche -- Word order and pronouns -- Punctuation -- Constructing sentences -- Drawing clear graphs -- Pt. III. Practice: recuperation. Some examples rewritten -- Do the experts agree?

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The semantic environment of science -- Before you begin -- Organizing and writing a rough draft -- Searching and reviewing scientific literature -- The proposal -- The graduate thesis -- Publishing in scientific journals -- Style and accuracy in the final draft -- Reviewing and revising -- Titles and abstracts -- Presenting data -- Ethical and legal issues -- Scientific presentations -- Communication without words -- Visual aids to communication -- The oral presentation -- Poster presentations -- Group communications -- Communicating with other audiences -- To the international student -- Append. 1. Weaknesses in scientific writing -- Append. 2. The first draft -- Append. 3. Sample manuscript -- Append. 4. Sample literature review -- Append. 5. Sample proposal -- Append. 6. Alternate routes to the thesis -- Append. 7. Sample review of manuscript submitted for publication -- Append. 8. Evolution of a title -- Append. 9. Evolution of an abstract -- Append. 10. Putting data into tables and figures -- Append. 11. Sample letter requesting copyright permission -- Append. 12. Use of color in visual aids -- Append. 13. Sample slides and slide set -- Append. 14. Oral presentations at meetings -- Append. 15. Sample text for poster.

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Pt. 1. Before Writing. 1. A Systematic Method for Writing and Publishing Papers. 2. The Paper, the Audience, and the Right Journal. 3. Searching the Literature. 4. Preparing to Write: Materials and Tools -- Pt. 2. The Content and Format of Papers. 5. Critical Argument and the Structure of Scientific Papers. 6. The Research Paper: General Principles for Structure and Content. 7. The Research Paper: Reporting Clinical Trials and Observational Studies. 8. The Research Paper: Reporting Laboratory Research. 9. The Review Article and the Metaanalysis. 10. The Case Report and the Case-Series Analysis. 11. The Editorial, the Book Review, and the Letter-to-the Editor -- Pt. 3. Writing and Revising. 12. The First Draft: Text. 13. The First Draft: Titles and Abstracts. 14. The First Draft: Tables. 15. The First Draft: Illustrations. 16. Revising Content and Structure. 17. Revising Prose Structure and Style. 18. Writing English as a Foreign Language. 19. Scientific Style and References. 20. Preparing the Final Manuscript -- Pt. 4. You and the Journal. 21. Submitting the Paper to the Journal. 22. Peer Reviewing and the Editor’s Decision. 23. Correcting Edited Manuscript or Proof. 24. Between Proof and Publication -- Pt. 5. Books. 25. Writing or Editing a Book. App. A. Guidelines on Authorship -- App. B. The "Uniform Requirements" Document: An Abridged Version -- App. C. Specialized Databases of The National Library of Medicine -- App. D. Searching Index Medicus: The Print Alternative to MEDLINE -- App. E. References and Reading: An Annotated Bibliography.

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Unit1. Grammar basics -- Unit 2. Sentence basics -- Unit 3. Expanding sentence basics -- Unit 4. Effective sentence structures -- Unit 5. Common sentence errors -- Unit 6. Achieving more in sentence variety -- Unit 7. Paragraph basics -- Unit 8. Writing skills with definition -- Unit 9. Writing skills with summaries -- Unit 10. Writing skills with process/ sequence -- Unit 11. Writing skills with analysis -- Unit 12. Writing on essay.

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