Volume 26, Issue 2 - Medical Devices 2017
Good medical writing saves lives: The perspective of a former medic
Abstract
Making the decision to leave medicine was the hardest of my life. What if all those years of study, thousands of pounds of debt and sacrifices I made were not wasted but instead prepared me for my most gallant career yet – medical writing? Believing the statement “good medical writing saves lives” is how I sleep at night. The objective of this essay is to substantiate this claim with evidence, so I can obtain some solace that the decision I made 3 years ago was justified
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