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Writing Case Reports

A Practical Guide from Conception through Publication

  • A comprehensive, practical guide to writing and publishing a case report
  • Covers traditional case reports, case series, poster abstracts, adverse drug reaction reports, clinical images, and clinical problem-solving manuscripts
  • Guides the reader through case discovery, journal selection, revisions, and post-publication issues including press releases, social media, citations, and peer review opportunities
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 1-8
  3. The Historical Tradition of Case Reporting

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 9-21
  4. The Educational Value of Case Reports

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 23-31
  5. Practical Benefits of Case Reporting

    • Gabrielle N. Berger
    Pages 33-42
  6. Is My Case Good Enough?

    • Somnath Mookherjee, Gabrielle N. Berger
    Pages 43-51
  7. How to Get Started

    • Somnath Mookherjee, Gabrielle N. Berger
    Pages 53-63
  8. How to Write a Traditional Case Report

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 65-95
  9. Special Considerations

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 97-120
  10. How to Write a Clinical Vignette Abstract

    • Jeffrey Wiese, Somnath Mookherjee
    Pages 121-133
  11. How to Write a Clinical Problem Solving Manuscript

    • Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Gabrielle N. Berger
    Pages 135-150
  12. Submitting a Case Report Manuscript

    • Gabrielle N. Berger, Somnath Mookherjee
    Pages 151-156
  13. The View from the Journal

    • Somnath Mookherjee, Brian J. Harte
    Pages 157-169
  14. It’s Published!

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 171-183
  15. The Future of the Case Report

    • Clifford D. Packer
    Pages 185-188
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 189-195

About this book

This book provides medical students and physicians with a practical, step-by-step guide on how to write and publish a medical case report. The case report is the traditional way for physicians to describe their unique or unusual cases to a broad audience and it plays an important role in the discovery of new diseases or syndromes, unusual manifestations of disease, important adverse drug reactions, and the generation of hypotheses for further study. This book guides readers through the process from choosing a case to report on to finding a publisher and then comment on future directions and potential new uses of case reports, including expanded computer case databases to optimize care for individual patients and new applications in medical education. Interspersed throughout the text are example case reports, many written by the authors, with commentary on their experiences working with those reports to provide context and aid readers in creating clear, concise, and useful case reports. 

Reviews

“This book describes how to write a case report and get it published. … This is a worthwhile guide for anyone who has followed an interesting case and who feels that it would be important to share with other clinicians and perhaps be a catalyst for future research. … this book is a tremendous asset to help mentor novices and guide them through some of the pitfalls they might not foresee.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.,, Cleveland, USA

    Clifford D. Packer

  • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA

    Gabrielle N. Berger, Somnath Mookherjee

About the authors

Clifford D. Packer, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.,

Cleveland, OH


Somnath Mookherjee, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Washington School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA USA


Gabrielle N. Berger, MD

Clinical Instructor

University of Washington School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA USA 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Writing Case Reports

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide from Conception through Publication

  • Authors: Clifford D. Packer, Gabrielle N. Berger, Somnath Mookherjee

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41899-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41898-8Published: 21 November 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41899-5Published: 02 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 195

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine

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eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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