Volume 21, Issue 4 - Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Medical Journalism
Authors: Diana Raffelsbauer, Stephen Gilliver
Abstract
The majority of medical writers (either in the pharmaceutical industry, CROs, or as freelancers) provide documents for regulatory authorities. A smaller proportion works in the medical and health communication field writing texts for either specialised (e.g. medical doctors) or broader audiences (e.g. patients and other lay people).
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