Writing for Health Professionals

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Writing: the basics

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 1-17

3. Equipment and environment

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 18-24

4. Buying a computer

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 25-45

5. Writing with a computer

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 46-54

6. Keeping databases

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 55-70

7. Educational writing

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 71-82

8. Writing essays

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 83-94

9. Writing theses and dissertations

   • Philip Burnard

   Pages 95-105

10. Writing articles

    • Philip Burnard

    Pages 106-112

11. Writing books

    • Philip Burnard

    Pages 113-136

12. Back Matter

    Pages 137-171

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I try to leave out the parts that people skip. Elmore Leonard This book is all about writing: it is both a practical and a personal account. When you write a book like this you put yourself on the line: you run the risk of people reading what you have written and saying 'he's saying one thing and doing another'. You stand to break the rules that you set up - quite badly. That is probably not such a terrible thing; besides, that should be part of the process of using this book. As you read it, notice when rules are broken. Check the phrasing, the sentence and paragraph construction, and see whether or not I have stuck to the rules. Then see whether or not the rules would have improved the passage in question. Begin to read books as much for their style, layout and general format as for their con­ tent. If you are going to write, you need to see plenty of examples of all of these things - good, bad and indifferent. to write for some time but was always This is a book I have wanted nervous of writing, so here it is: an introduction to some of the ways and means of writing. lt is, as I say, personal; I hope it will be useful. A word about sexism and the writing process. I find the use of 'his or her' and its variants clumsy.

• health

• Postgraduate Nursing Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales

  Philip Burnard

• Institute for Higher Professional Education for Health Care Professions, Hogeschool Midden Nederland, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  Philip Burnard

Policies and ethics