Medical Writing: Research Principles and Practice

The World Health Organization outlines the key principles and activities involved in the good clinical research practice. Medical writing and publishing marks the endpoint of research that has been performed, completed, reviewed and accepted, and complements teaching and training, clinical service and patient care. This book instructs, in a very clear style, the guidelines authors should follow in order to improve the quality of their research. Firstly, it provides an overview on the application and implementation of internationally accepted principles for research practice. Secondly, it presents in details all the necessary steps of research writing, including a comprehensive introduction to biomedical statistics. Finally, it describes the uniform requirements of biomedical journals as well as the editorial and review processes for research publishing. Everything is easy when you know how; this book will provide the "know how" for researchers, academicians, and health professionals.