Writing and Publishing in Medicine Book

	Introduction, with a Note on the Organization and Publication Style of This Book
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Before Writing
1	A Systematic Method for Writing and Publishing Papers	3
2	The Paper, the Audience, and the Right Journal	7
3	Searching the Literature	19
4	Preparing to Write: Materials and Tools	41
Pt. 2	The Content and Format of Papers
5	Critical Argument and the Structure of Scientific Papers	59
6	The Research Paper: General Principles for Structure and Content	63
7	The Research Paper: Reporting Clinical Trials and Observational Studies	75
8	The Research Paper: Reporting Laboratory Research	89
9	The Review Article and the Metaanalysis	93
10	The Case Report and the Case-Series Analysis	103
11	The Editorial, the Book Review, and the Letter-to-the Editor	111
Pt. 3	Writing and Revising
12	The First Draft: Text	121
13	The First Draft: Titles and Abstracts	131
14	The First Draft: Tables	139
15	The First Draft: Illustrations	151
16	Revising Content and Structure	161
17	Revising Prose Structure and Style	169
18	Writing English as a Foreign Language	197
19	Scientific Style and References	213
20	Preparing the Final Manuscript	233
Pt. 4	You and the Journal
21	Submitting the Paper to the Journal	249
22	Peer Reviewing and the Editor's Decision	257
23	Correcting Edited Manuscript or Proof	265
24	Between Proof and Publication	271
Pt. 5	Books
25	Writing or Editing a Book	277
App. A	Guidelines on Authorship	293
App. B	The "Uniform Requirements" Document: An Abridged Version	297
App. C	Specialized Databases of The National Library of Medicine	317
App. D	Searching Index Medicus: The Print Alternative to MEDLINE	325
App. E	References and Reading: An Annotated Bibliography	331
	Index	341