Intro; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: The Ethical Foundations of Medical Scientific Writing; Introduction; Moral Vices and Virtues; Responding to Ethical Misconduct; Conclusion; References; Part I: Preparing; Chapter 3: Ethics of Conducting Research; Introduction; Ethics Committee Approval; Study Registration; Written Informed Consent and Animal Welfare; Following Ethical Guidelines; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Foresight; References; Chapter 5: Time; References; Chapter 6: Reading; References; Chapter 7: Searching the Literature; References
Chapter 29: The Capsule SummaryReferences; Chapter 30: The Title; Reference; Part IV: Special Types of Articles; Chapter 31: Brief Reports; Chapter 32: Letters; Chapter 33: Case Reports; References; Chapter 34: Literature Reviews; References; Chapter 35: Editorials; Part V: Revising; Chapter 36: The Need for Revision; References; Chapter 37: Build Good Paragraphs; Reference; Chapter 38: Edit Each Sentence; References; Chapter 39: Choose the Right Words; References; Chapter 40: Use "Plain English"; References; Chapter 41: Cut It Down; References; Chapter 42: Revise the Abstract and the Title
Chapter 8: The Elevator SpeechReferences; Chapter 9: The Outline; References; Chapter 10: Envision Your Readers; Part II: Analyzing; Chapter 11: Ethics of Data Analysis; Introduction; No Fabrication; No Falsification; Preservation of the Raw Data; Conclusion; References; Chapter 12: Data Preparation; Chapter 13: Statistics: General Principles; References; Chapter 14: Statistics: Common Mistakes; References; Chapter 15: Presentation: Figures versus Tables versus Text; References; Chapter 16: Tables; References; Chapter 17: Figures: General Guidance; References; Chapter 18: Figures: Data Graphs
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This book guides medical researchers through all stages of transforming their data and ideas into a published paper. Many researchers in medicine struggle to get their research written and published. One reason for this is that most medical researchers have not received much instruction in the subjects needed to write and publish scientific papers: research methodology, ethics, statistics, data visualization, writing, revising, and the practicalities of publishing. This book tackles all the major scientific issues that routinely lead to manuscripts getting rejected from the journals. The section "Preparing" covers the range of methodological, ethical, and practical aspects that researchers need to address before starting to write their paper. The section "Analyzing" reviews commonplace problems in the statistical analysis and presentation, and how to resolve those problems. The section "Drafting" describes what to write in the various parts of a paper (the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Abstract, etc.) The section "Revising" explains and illustrates how to improve the writing style of any manuscript. The section "Publishing" discusses how to navigate the peer review process and all other practical aspects of the publishing phase. The entire book draws on the author's decade of experience as an independent medical writer and research consultant. More importantly, the book is grounded in the existing scientific and scholarly literature, with extensive references and an annotated bibliography. After reading this book, medical researchers will know how to write better quality medical papers, so they can publish their work in better journals with less time and struggle.