Writing a Biomedical Research Paper: A Guide to Structure and Style

Preface Chapter 1. Beginning a Manuscript Chapter 2. The Title: Your Last Chance to Make a First Impression Chapter 3. Writing an Effective Introduction Chapter 4. Ensuring the Flow of Discourse: Conjunctions and Conjuncts Chapter 5. Hedging Your Bets and Minding Your Modals Chapter 6. Writing an Effective Methods Section Chapter 7. The Passive Voice and I Chapter 8. Writing an Effective Results Section Chapter 9. The Special Case of Case Studies Chapter 10. Writing an Effective Discussion Chapter 11. Is It a Discussion or a Systematic Review? Chapter 12. Writing an Effective Abstract Chapter 13. The Process of Manuscript Submission and Review Epilogue Our Shared Biomedical Language Index