Michigan AMWA Chapter Meetings

Sunday, February 21, 2010. We discuss the medical writer vs "ghostwriter" controversy. More...

Michigan AMWA Chapter Conference

Friday, May 14, 2010
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AMWA Events:

Indiana-Ohio Valley Chapter Conference, April 10, 2010 Indianapolis, IN
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Pacific Coast Conference
April 18-21, 2010
Pacific Grove, CA
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Announcements

Our immediate past-president Tami Ball MD moderated an Open Session on palliative care at the 2009 National meeting.
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RESOURCES FOR MEDICAL WRITERS AND EDITORS

Style Guides and Dictionaries

  • AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed. JAMA and Archives Journal. Oxford University Press; 2007.
  • Medical English Usage and Abusage. Edith Schwager. Oryx Press 1991.
  • The Elements of Style, 4th ed. William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White. Allyn and Bacon; 2000.
  • Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. University of Chicago Press; 2003.
  • Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 29th ed. W.B. Saunders Company; 2000.
  • Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. Williams & Wilkins.
  • Roget's II Thesaurus, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin Company; 1995.
  • Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
  • Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: http://www.icmje.org/index.html
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    Reference Books

  • Mosby's Diagnostic and Lab Reference, 8th ed. Pagana. Mosby Inc.; 2006.
  • Guidebook to Medical Writing. Robert Iles, Iles Publications; 1997.
  • How to Report Statistics in Medicine. Thomas A. Lang & Michelle Secic. American College of Physicians; 2006.
  • A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Frances Fischbach. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.
  • Microsoft Word for Medical and Technical Writers. Peter Aitken & Maxie Okazaki. Piedmont Medical Writers LLC; 2007.
  • Goodman & Gillman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th ed. McGraw-Hill; 2006.
  • Essays for Biomedical Communicators: Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Selected AMWA Workshops .