The Anatomy of a Medical paper (IV)

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The Methods section should be straightforward and describe exactly what you did. If necessary, it can be subdivided into sections. Give the details of your clinical and technical procedures. Clearly show how and why you chose your observational or experimental subjects (patients or laboratory animals, inc...

The anatomy of a medical article (III)

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According to Tim Albert in The A-Z of Medical Writing, “the typical introduction consists of two or three paragraphs. Despite what many people think, the first sentence is generally dull and can be divided into three types: (1) the Seminar Approach (‘Left-handedness is a condition affecting 10% of the populat...

The anatomy of a medical article (II)

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It is a type of summary, and often it is called just that: summary. Abstracts may be found at the beginning of a research paper, in a conference programme, or in special collections of abstracts. Abstracts from all reputable medical journals are entered in an electronic data-base available in universities all...

The anatomy of a medical article

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There are roughly the following types of medical articles in journals: Studies/research articles, Case reports, Clinics....