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Guidebook to Better Medical Writing

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At first glance, you might find the textbook by Robert Iles, Guidebook to Better Medical Writing, deceptively simple. However, this authoritative handbook tells you in straightforward language everything you need to know about developing a clear, persuasive paper that stands a good chance of publication by a peer-reviewed medical journal. Mr. Iles also takes you through the process of manuscript submission, outlining strategies for acceptance. This is the best basic manual on medical writing I have seen in over thirty years as a medical writer and teacher. I plan to use this excellent guidebook in my seminars and courses on medical writing from now on.

I recently purchased Robert Ile's Guidebook to Better Medical Writing and was very pleasantly surprised. He takes a concise, nononsense approach to the subject and provides readers with a series of excellent tips. He covers the basics of writing very well but also includes info on how to write case reports, clinical results, review papers, etc. I have found his book to be helpful in my own medical writing and editing consulting service. Review@lifescipub.com

Great guidelines, easy to follow and good explanations & examples. Also, debunks some of the grammatical rules that we were taught... "ending sentences w/ prepositions". Recommended reading for both writers, ghost writers, and medical practicioners who outsource some of their writing.

I must agree with all the three prior reviews. The author has an easygoing style that I greatly enjoyed learning from. The pages are small in size and the font is rather big; which allows to finish this guidebook in few hours, and repeated.

There are twelve chapters. The firsts provide sensible advices about choosing "better" words, sentences, tables, graphs. I found chapter six about Spelling and Grammar, Punctuation rich with great advices. Other chapters advice about how to choose the right journal. The author was straightforward in the chapters about clinical report, review article, letters to the editor etc and ethics. Really, I was impressed by the eighth chapter " how to get more writing done".

Briefly I learned a lot from this concise guidebook.

I purchased this book as required reading for a doctoral program. Iles takes you from the simple to the complex in a very easy to read format. The book is simple; Iles practice what he teaches. He provides plenty of examples and step-by-step instructions as the subtitle states.

The book in not just about the basics of medical writing; Iles shares his insights into selecting journals and how to work with the editors. The "Guidebook To Better Medical Writing" provides lots of how-tos, but more importantly it provides a lot of valuable what not to dos. Iles' advice is combined with the encouragement that every novice medical writer needs.

This is a perfect 'starter' book because of its simple and concise nature. I suspect it will be my constant companion as I venture into the medical writing world.

Simple explanations on tips to improve writing. At first glance I thought it was almost too juvenile; but the book did get the message across in simple terms, which actaully did help in the application of those tips. Very inexpensive for it's value.

I think all of us writing and teaching graduate students should buy this book and keep at your desk for periodic reminders about good writing...I will suggest that my students and colleagues purchase this--it is handy and great--very precise and to the point (as our writing should be!) Kudos!!

This a very friendly, and yet, powerful book that allows the reader to review basics of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and general writing rules.

This is a good book to learn how to successfully write a paper.Good luck!

A good deal of what this book covers should already be known to a professional writer. That said, the book reminds the writer about the special characteristics of medical writing.