Plain English for Doctors and Other Medical Scientists

Plain English for Doctors shows how to write about medical science in a clear and vivid way. It can help a medical writer at any level, from beginner to veteran, since it gives specific, practical advice. Writing in plain English can help your writing reach a wider audience, including people in other specialties, levels of training, other fields, and other countries around the world.

• Frames the problem of unclear writing as a medical condition, medicus incomprehensibilis. It describes the symptoms, and shows how to treat them using proven plain English writing tips.
• Challenges any writing habit that adds to medicus incomprehensibilis (e.g., long sentences, passive voice, long words).
• Starts by looking at medical writing in leading medical journals to show how it could be made clearer and easier to read.
• Suited for writers at all levels of experience, from beginner to veteran.