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• Title:Medical writing : a prescription for clarity / Neville W. Goodman, Martin B. Edwards ; and with cartoons by Andy Black.
  
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• Author/Creator:Goodman, N. W.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Edwards, Martin B.
  Black, Andy (Andy M. S.)
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WZ345 .G66 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Writing.
  
• Medical Subjects: Publishing.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:xiv, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780521858571 (pbk.)
  0521858577 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:1. Introduction
  2. malaise of medical manuscripts
  3. Guidelines to clearer writing
  4. Is there a better word?
  5. Superfluous words
  6. Imprecise words and phrases
  7. Superfluous phrases
  8. Trouble with short words
  9. Use of the passive voice
  10. Consistency : number and tenses
  11. Circumlocution, metaphor and cliche
  12. Word order and pronouns
  13. Punctuation
  14. Constructing sentences
  15. Drawing clear graphs
  16. Some examples rewritten
  17. Do the experts agree?