Medical Writing: A Prescription for Clarity

Part I. Problem: the illness: 1. Introduction 2. The malaise of medical manuscripts Part II. Solution: Symptomatic relief: 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 Part III. Practice: recuperation: 16. Some examples rewritten 17. Do the experts agree? Appendix: examples to rewrite.

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