Writing Case Reports : A Practical Guide from Conception through Publication

This book provides medical students and physicians with a practical, step-by-step guide on how to write and publish a medical case report. The case report is the traditional way for physicians to describe their unique or unusual cases to a broad audience and it plays an important role in the discove...

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Main Authors Packer, Clifford D. (Author), Berger, Gabrielle N. (Author), Mookherjee, Somnath (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319418995
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-41899-5
Physical DescriptionXI, 195 p. 12 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Historical Tradition of Case Reporting
  • The Educational Value of Case Reports
  • Practical Benefits of Case Reporting
  • Is My Case Good Enough?
  • How to Get Started
  • How to Write a Traditional Case Report
  • Special Considerations
  • How to Write a Clinical Vignette Abstract
  • How to Write a Clinical Problem Solving Manuscript
  • Submitting a Case Report Manuscript
  • The View from the Journal
  • It's Published!
  • The Future of Case Reports .