Medical writing医学写作
分類: 图书,进口原版书,医学 Medicine ,
作者: Neville W. Goodman,Martin B. Edwards著
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出版时间: 2006-11-1字数:版次: 1页数: 253印刷时间: 2006/11/01开本: 16开印次: 1纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780521858571包装: 平装内容简介
Effective communication is the ultimate,but often daunting,purpose of any piece of medical research。 Medical Writing: A Prescription for Clarity provides practical information enabling first drafts to be turned into clear,simple,unambiguous text,without loss of individuality。 Written by a medical consultant and an experienced medical editor,it is sympathetic to the problems and needs of medical writers。 Like the preceding two editions,this expanded third edition deals with the basic craft of writing for publication,from spelling and grammar to choosing the best word or phrase。 Whether writing a simple clinical report or thesis,wanting to supervise others,or wanting just to develop greater skill in effective writing,this book is the ideal guide and reference。 Clear,simple and precise,and illustrated with apt cartoons,this is an invaluable handbook。
目录
Preface to the first edition page
Preface to the third edition
Acknowledgements
PART Ⅰ PROBLEM:THE ILLNESS
1 Introduction
2 The malaise of medical manuscripts
The writer at bay
The honest writer
Summary
PART Ⅱ SOLUTION:SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF
3 Guidelines to clearer writing
Watson and Crick show how it's done
Planning
Getting started
Some grammatical terms
Using a word processor
Spelling
4 Is there a better word?
Alternative words
5 Superfluous words
Some common examples
Unnecessary adverbs
Repetition
6 Imprecise words and phrases
7 Superfluous phrases
Common superfluities
Other examples of repetition
8 Trouble with short words
Following a verb
Expanded to a phrase
Variations of because
THAT,WHICH,WHEN,WHERE,WHEREBY
Words of comment:THEREFORE,HOWEVER,and others
Words of reference:FORMER AND LATTER,RESPECTIVELY,SUCH
9 Use of the passive voice
Some examples
The verb ‘TO PERFORM’
Conclusion
10 Consistency:number and tenses
Number:singular or plural?
Tenses
11 Circumlocution,metaphor and cliché
Circumlocution
Metaphor and cliché
12 Word order and pronouns
Missing words
Nouns as adjectives
Adverbs and verbs
A troublesome word:ONLY
Pronouns and nouns
13 Punctuation
Commas between subject and verb
Lists
The lazy slash
14 Constructing sentences
15 Drawing clear graphs
PART Ⅲ PRACTICE:RECUPERATION
16 Some examples rewritten
17 Do the experts agree?
Appendix:examples to rewrite
References and further reading
Index