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English 373 Medical Writing

Suggested Texts:

  • The American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
  • Bruck, L. (1998). Ethics in medical writing . ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 77.3, p225.
  • Charon, R. and M. Montello, eds. Stories Matter: The Role of Narrative in Medical Ethics . Routledge: New York, 119-125.
  • Foss, S. (1996). “Generic Criticism.” From Rhetorical Criticism: Exploration and Practice, 2nd Ed. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press. 225-235.
  • Fye, Bruce W. (1990). Medical Authorship: Traditions, Trends, and Tribulations. Annals of Internal Medicine , 113.4: 317.
  • Gleeson, A.P. (1996). “How to write good accident and emergency notes.” Student BMJ; 4.46, 404.
  • Heifferon, Barbara. Writing in the Health Professions. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005.
  • Hunter, K. (1991) Doctors' stories: the narrative structure of medical knowledge . Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
  • Lay, M. (1999). “Midwives’ Birth Stories: Narratives that Expand the Boundaries of Professional Discourse.” In J.M. Perkins and N. Blyler, eds. Narrative and Professional Communication. Stamford: Ablex Publishing.137-150.
  • Lingard, L. and Haber, R. (2002). “Learning Medical Talk: How the Apprenticeship Complicates Current Explicit/Tacit Debates in Genre Instruction.” In Richard Coe, et al, eds. The Rhetoric and Ideology of Genre: Strategies for Stability and Change. Hampton Press.
  • Lundberg, G. D. (1998). Writing is all . Lancet, 352.9131, p898.
  • Mattingly, Cheryl ed. Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing .
  • McCarthy, L. P. and Gerring, J.P.. “Revising psychiatry's charter document: DSM-IV.” Written Communication 11.2, 1994. 147-192.
  • Munger, R. (2000). “Evolution of the Emergency Medical Services Profession: A Case Study of EMS Run Reports.” Technical Communication Quarterly 9.3. 329-346.
  • Matthews, J. R.; Matthews, R.W.; and Bowen, J.M. Successful Scientific Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences . 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge UP, 2000.
  • Nelson, H.L., ed. Stories and Their Limits: Narrative Approaches to Bioethics. Routledge: New York. 238-251.
  • Pettinari, C.J. (1988). Task, Talk, Text in the Operating Room: A Study in Medical Discourse . Norwood: Ablex.
  • Prelli, (1997). “The Rhetorical Construction of Scientific Ethos.” R. Harris, ed. Landmark Essays on Rhetoric of Science Case Studies. Hermagoras Press.
  • Reiman, A. (2001). Trust me, I'm a scientist . New Scientist, 171.2309, p46.
  • Reynolds et al. Writing and Reading Mental Health Records , 2nd ed. LEA, 1995.
  • Stelzer, Richard J. How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate and Professional School , 3rd. Peterson's, 1997

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