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Research

How to Plan, Speak and Write About It

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Clifford Hawkins

    1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England

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  2. Marco Sorgi

    1. School of Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Research: Why Do It?

    • David A. Heath
    Pages 1-11

  3. Planning and Protocol

    • Martin J. Kendall, Clifford Hawkins
    Pages 12-28

  4. Searching the Literature

    • S. R. Jenkins
    Pages 29-59

  5. Speaking at Meetings

    • Clifford Hawkins
    Pages 60-84

  6. What the Critical Reader Looks for in an Original Article: A Guide for Writers

    • William F. Whimster
    Pages 85-109

  7. Illustrating Talks and Articles

    • Marco Sorgi, Clifford Hawkins
    Pages 110-135

  8. A Guide to Statistical Methods

    • Denis M. Burley
    Pages 136-152

  9. Publication

    • Jane Smith
    Pages 153-169

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 170-184
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About this book

Training for research is only available in a few places in the world, so that usually the researcher has to learn to master every step by himself. This entails planning the research, finding out how to obtain funds, searching the literature, analysing the data statistically, preparing visual material and slides, speaking about it in public, writing it up for journals and so on. Books on various aspects of this subject are readily obtain­ able but this is an attempt to deal with all the steps that are necessary from the start to the finish, and chapters have been planned sequentially with this in mind. Although most of the authors are doctors of medicine, it should help those in any area of science where the undertaking and publishing of research is important. Marco Sorgi conceived the idea of the book and, during an appointment in the University of Birmingham, invited Clifford Hawkins to help in achieving its delivery. May the effort be found to be worthwhile.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England

    Clifford Hawkins

  • School of Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela

    Marco Sorgi

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