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"From the Editor-in-Chief: Journal Watch is the re-birth of a previous column edited by Nancy Milligan. We are happy to welcome Hervé Maisonneuve, MD as the new Section Editor for Journal Watch. Hervé is a contributing editor for several scientific…
In these dark winter months, how many of us have day-dreamed about moving to an exotic, sunny location? Janet Davies describes how she did exactly that when she resigned from her job in Holland and moved to the Azores to start a new life as a…
In The Elements of English Editing: A Guide - line to Clear Writing, authors Lee Ann Weeks and Ann Bless have combined their 50 years of experience to create a concise, 71-page book which introduces readers to the language editing process. This book…
Some word uses persist and some do not. Part of what makes use of a word stick is how catchy it is. This word is already used on our supermarket shelves. This proposed new use illuminates a small way in which language evolves. And it helps to…
In this two-part review, I present the birth and growth of ‘English for Medical Purposes’, a branch of applied linguistics. This first part summarises the research conducted on English-medium written medical discourse, from early register analysis…
I reached Myth 45 about English in Medical Writing, Vol. 21(1) 2012. Three more have turned up since then, which all fit into the category of language users who rule by whim. All were – as so often – claims made by native speakers, which again just…
Medical journalism - a dream job? My name is Erich Lederer. I am a medical journalist. Is it the kind of work I always wanted to do? No, definitely not. I actually never dreamt of juggling with words and sentences and in school I always had very…
This article presents an overview of open access initiatives by researchers, journals, government bodies, and regulatory authorities. Open access initiatives are valuable to the scientific community and have increased the amount of clinical research…
The EU Regulation 536/2014 included a requirement for companies to produce a Protocol Synopsis with a recommendation for a version in lay language. This requirement stated, among other things, a maximum length of two pages. This article outlines the…
On your journey as a medical writer, you will need many types of books: style guides, dictionaries, thesauruses, books about language and grammar, and books about how to be a medical writer. This article is not about these books – it is about the…
Medical Writing is a quarterly publication that aims to educate and inform medical writers in Europe and beyond. Each issue focuses on a specific theme, and all issues include feature articles and regular columns on topics relevant to the practice of medical writing. We welcome articles providing practical advice to medical writers; guidelines and reviews/summaries/updates of guidelines published elsewhere; original research; opinion pieces; interviews; and review articles.
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