Why are medical journals so badly written?

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-8

  Albert, Tim ^a  

^a Paper Mews Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOTE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL;

HUMANS; PERIODICALS; WRITING;

EID: 0942268738     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2004.01733.x     Document Type: Note

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