Product Description

There are few areas of human endeavor in which precise communication is more important or in which its lack can have more devastating consequences than medicine. Medical English Usage and Abusage is a must read for medical writers and editors, physicians, nurses, health care professionals, journalists, copywriters, and students. In a clear and instantly intelligible style, the text covers common errors in grammar and usage as well as the special problems of medical writing.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #525186 in Books
• Published on: 1990-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

Review
“...heartily recommended for health and science collections of all sizes.”–Medical Reference Quarterly

“Schwager has packed a lot of wisdom into a compact reference that most of us would do well to keep at our elbow when preparing a technical paper.”–BioPharm

“Using this book would benefit anyone who writes or edits anything.”–Academic Library Book Review

“We as medical communicators have a responsibility to ensure that our writing is true and comprehensible; with Edith Schwager's guidance, we cannot fail.”–American Medical Writers Association Journal

“An entertaining yet thorough guide to correct usage and grammar in medical writing.”–Sci Life

“Myriad pearls are grouped among instructive chapters . . . This would be a good first or only guide for the writer of 'a memorandum or a monograph, a letter or a laboratory record.'”–Journal of the American Medical Association

About the Author
EDITH SCHWAGER is a columnist for the American Medical Writers Association's AMWA Journal.

Customer Reviews

To make a better medical writer...
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...begin with the basics. The Grand Dame of usage among the ranks of the American Medical Writers Association, Edie Schwager has always demonstrated punctiliousness and precision as thoroughgoing as is her charm. A warmly-welcomed and well-beloved member of AMWA's Delaware Valley Chapter, Edie has always been the first person for whom I've looked whenever I've attended any of the Association's meetings. She educates without condescension and is patient beyond belief.

Most of us come to the field of medical writing from a technical background, usually having been trained as scientists, health care providers, or allied professionals. Our compositional experience is generally restricted to communications with peers, and the niceties of precise English usage are not well-appreciated by those of us who scraped through the liberal arts side of our education only narrowly (and that only with the utilization of Cliff's Notes and every other kind of cheat-sheet we could get our hands upon). Enter Edie Schwager's very nice little book of tips and tricks.

If you aspire to a career as a writer in the health care field, this book belongs alongside your copy of Stedman's, right next to your copies of Iles' *Guidebook to Better Medical Writing* and Bob Bonk's *Medical Writing in Drug Development*.

Perfect
It is the most reliable book in print today. I refer to it often and it has saved me from making several embarrassing errors. Ms. Schwager's style of writing is concise and thorough. Reading this book is more than an education, it is a delight.