The purpose of this book is to help doctors and other health professionals with their writing problems. It consists of several hundred topics, from the process of writing to authorship, and from the use of semi-colons to the law of late literals. These are arranged alphabetically, with extensive cross referencing and, where appropriate, lists of books that the author has read and recommends. The book will provide concise, practical information about how to tackle any form of writing required of health care professionals.

A - Z of Medical Writing

Albert, Tim

Literature & Fiction

BMJ Books

‘A lovely evocation of heady times in America’ – James Naughtie 
In 1969 the 22-year-old Tim Albert spent three happy months on a 12,000 mile road trip around the United States on Greyhound buses. Half a century later - to the day - he set out to revisit his trip, armed with his original 30,000-word diary. Would he find the America of President Donald Trump much altered from the America of President Richard Nixon? How would Greyhound bus travel have changed in a world flooded by motor cars and electronic devices? And would his 72-year-old body last the course? 
In this funny and finely observed account, our game hero tours New York with a 50-year-old Michelin Guide; discovers that bus passengers speak into their phones and not to each other; celebrates the golden jubilees of the moon landings, the gay rights movement and Kermit the Frog; declines the offer of a mail-order AK-47; and is told by half the people he meets that the President is a dangerous embarrassment and by the other half that he is a saviour who never lies. When two older ladies assume our scruffy traveller is homeless and reach into their handbags to give him money for food, he realises that one thing hasn’t changed - the generosity of Americans. 
‘Not just a changed country but a changed narrator’ – Alice Allan

Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus

Travel

United States

Elbow Publishing

Winning the Publications Game: The smart way to write your paper and get it published, Fourth Edition

The publications game can seem tricky: knowing where to start, how to plan and draft a paper, who to pitch it to and how to present it can appear difficult enough. With the advent of e-publishing and ever-tougher regulatory frameworks surrounding research, the picture can seem even more intimidating.  In this classic guide, Tim Albert demystifies the process of getting research published in his characteristically clear and engaging style. From the initial brief to final manuscript and beyond, all is explained in jargon-free, no-nonsense and encouraging terms, providing indispensable guidance to clinicians, scientists and academics in giving their research the platform it deserves.

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

CRC-Press

The publications game can seem tricky: knowing where to start, how to plan and draft a paper, who to pitch it to and how to present it can appear difficult enough. With the advent of e-publishing and ever-tougher regulatory frameworks surrounding research, the picture can seem even more intimidating. In this classic guide, Tim Albert demystifies the process of getting research published in his characteristically clear and engaging style. From the initial brief to final manuscript and beyond, all is explained in jargon-free, no-nonsense and encouraging terms, providing indispensable guidance to clinicians, scientists and academics in giving their research the platform it deserves.

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Many people are surprised by the range of what they have to write: reports, letters, applications, minutes, essays, protocols, policy statements, articles...the list goes on. They also have to face a constant procession of emails, which people tend not to count as 'real writing', but which are every bit as important - and which even the decisive can take two hours or more a day to deal with.At the same time we seem particularly ill-prepared for all this writing. The task is badly defined, time-consuming and difficult.Courses on how to do it are rare. Agreement on 'good writing' seems to be rarer still and the whole process often appears to be more about internal power squabbles than external communication. Not surprisingly, many writers in the health services dislike it and avoid it whenever possible. Others proceed reluctantly, without confidence - and without any satisfaction at the end of each writing task. This book sets out to help you by showing you what writing is all about. It will give you some tools that will enable you to do it with confidence. I would be lying if I said that you will come to enjoy writing (some suffering is inevitable, even desirable), but as you go through this book you should be able to approach each writing task in a more confident manner, and therefore your output should be more effective. More important, you should be able to take control of your writing, and once you have grasped the essentials you will have a powerful tool to help you achieve your goals.

Write Effectively: A Quick Course for Busy Health Workers

The publications game can seem tricky: knowing where to start, how to plan and draft a paper, who to pitch it to and how to present it can appear difficult enough. With advent of e-publishing and ever-tougher regulatory frameworks surrounding research, the picture can seem even more intimidating and bewildering. In this third edition of his classic guide, Tim Albert demystifies the process of getting research published in characteristically clear and engaging style. From the initial brief to final manuscript and beyond, all is explained in jargon-free, no-nonsense and encouraging terms. Doctors, medical professionals - and scientists with a non-medical background - will find this an essential aid in giving their research the platform it deserves.

Winning the Publications Game: How to Write a Medical Paper without Neglecting Your Patients, Third Edition

This text presents an enthusiastic approach to writing scientific papers, with the emphasis being that writing should be fun, rewarding and even liberating. It aims to raise standards not by printing a set of rules, but by encouraging people to have a go.

Winning the Publications Game: How to Get Published without Neglecting Your Patients

Intracorporeal suturing is one of the most difficult procedures that surgeons must acquire before embarking upon laparoscopic surgery. This programme is derived from the author's internationally-known training course on technique and dexterity skills. It combines interactive video, graphics, text, voice-over and self-examination tests, all under the user's control simply by using the mouse to select the options presented on the screen. Separate versions are available for Macintosh or IBM-compatible computers with CD-ROM drives. (Please specify which version is required when ordering). Each disc is accompanied by an easy-to-follow user guide and further technical support is provided by the program developers, Piedmont Systems Inc.

Winning the Publications Game: How to Write a Scientific Paper without Neglecting Your Patients, Second Edition

Every aspiring writer should read this book before he starts. Every doctor whose work has been rejected or changed should read it to find out what went wrong. Journalism is one of the msot challenging and rewarding of the writing skills, but success depends on sound preparation and careful thought. Tim Albert is widely recognized as the leading trainer in medical journalism and those who follow his step-by-step advice could quickly see their name in print. 'Tim Albert is ideally qualified to write this book. Not only is he a accomplished writer but he's one of the few journalists I know who is also a talented teacher. My only grouse about the book is that it didn't exist when I first hung up my stehoscope and tried to turn myself into a writer. It would have spared me months of struggle in an alien world where experience eventually taught me some of the lessons I could have learned less traumatically from these pages.'From the foreword by Michael O'Donnell  

Medical Journalism: The Writer's Guide

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Routledge

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A - Z of Medical Writing

Two Summers: Nixon and Trump by Greyhound Bus

Winning the Publications Game: The smart way to write your paper and get it published, Fourth Edition

Winning the Publications Game: The smart way to write your paper and get it published, Fourth Edition

Write Effectively: A Quick Course for Busy Health Workers

Winning the Publications Game: How to Write a Medical Paper without Neglecting Your Patients, Third Edition

Winning the Publications Game: How to Get Published without Neglecting Your Patients

Winning the Publications Game: How to Write a Scientific Paper without Neglecting Your Patients, Second Edition

Medical Journalism: The Writer's Guide