RESOURCES

Self-Study Workshops from AMWA National

 

Books

Style manuals for medical writers

  • American Medical Association Manual of Style.
  • Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, published by the Council of Science Editors (formerly Council of Biological Editors).
  • APA Publication Manual, published by the American Psychological Association.

How-to books for medical writers

  • The Elements of Graphing Data, by WS Cleveland
  • How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper, by RA Day
  • Writing and Publishing in Medicine, by EJ Huth
  • Guidebook to Better Medical Writing, by RL Iles
  • How to Report Statistics in Medicine, by TA Lang, M Secic
  • Essays for Biomedical Communicators: Selected AMWA Workshops Vols 1 and 2; Minick P and, for volume 2, Witte FM, Taylor ND eds.
  • Medical English Usage and Abusage, by E Schwager
  • Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers, by M Zeiger

General style manuals

  • The Chicago Manual of Style, The University of Chicago Press, 15th Edition
  • Scientific Style and Format,  Council of Science Editors, 7th Edition

Medical references and dictionaries

  • Cecil Textbook of Medicine,RL Cecil, et al, eds.
  • Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, by RS Cotran, et al
  • Medical Abbreviations: xx,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety, by Davis NM. (xx stands for the latest number of abbreviations; 15,000 in 2001, 24,000 in 2002; purchase of book gives you access to updates on Neil M Davis' Web site for a specified length of time)
  • Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, JT DiPiro, Talbert RL, Yee GC et al, eds.
  • Harrisonís Principles of Internal Medicine, A Fauci, et al, eds.
  • Goodman and Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, LSGoodman, Limbird LE, Milinoff PB et al, eds.
  • Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations, S Jablonsky.
  • Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, WA Newman Dorland, ed.
  • Stedman's Medical Dictionary, by TL Stedman
  • Stedman's Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols, Williams & Wilkins, Stedmans
  • Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, CL Thomas, ed.
  • Pharmacotherapy Handbook, BG Wells, DiPiro JT, Schwinghammer TL, Hamilton CW

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