Author attitudes to professional medical writing support

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2103-2108

  Marchington, Jackie M ^a   Burd, Gary P ^a  

^a Caudex Medical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authorship; Editorial policies; Publication bias; Publishing; Writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHOR; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL VALIDITY; STANDARDS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL WRITING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLICATIONS; SOCIAL VALIDITY, RESEARCH;

EID: 84908649260     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2014.939618     Document Type: Article

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