This book is a complete and clear guide that will help you format your ideas, clinical observations, and research into articles, book chapters, and review papers ready for publication. Medical writing skills are essential for today's clinician or researcher. Successful publication of your scientific work can have a surprising and enriching effect on your career. Dr. Thomas Buckingham, a distinguished writer and researcher, explains the basics of medical writing in an easy to read style. In depth discussions of how to write research papers, book chapters, review articles, editorials, letters to the editor, abstracts for scientific meetings, and case reports are included. This book is loaded with practical and useful information including tips on how to get your paper accepted for publication. Effective Medical Writing will help all authors improve their writing and publishing skills.