Mythbusting Medical Writing: Goodbye, Ghosts! Hello, Help!

Cindy W Hamilton; Art Gertel; Adam Jacobs; Jackie Marchington; Shelley Weaver; Karen L Woolley

doi:10.1080/08989621.2015.1088788

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Mythbusting Medical Writing: Goodbye, Ghosts! Hello, Help!

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Mythbusting Medical Writing: Goodbye, Ghosts! Hello, Help!

Cindy W Hamilton, Art Gertel, Adam Jacobs, Jackie Marchington, Shelley Weaver and Karen L Woolley

Accountability in Research, Vol.23(3), pp.178-194

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2015.1088788

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To meet ethical and scientific obligations, authors should submit timely, high-quality manuscripts. Authors, however, can encounter ethical (e.g., authorship designation) and practical (e.g., time and resource limitations) challenges during manuscript preparation. Could professional medical writers-not ghostwriters-help authors address these challenges? This essay summarizes evidence countering three myths that may have hindered authors from considering the use of professional medical writers. Authors with sufficient time, writing expertise, and reporting guideline knowledge may meet their obligations without writing assistance. Unfortunately, not all authors are in this position. Decisions about writing support should be based on evidence, not myths.

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Title: Mythbusting Medical Writing: Goodbye, Ghosts! Hello, Help!
Authors: Cindy W Hamilton (Author) - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, United States
Art Gertel (Author) - MedSciCom, United States
Adam Jacobs (Author) - Premier Research, United Kingdom
Jackie Marchington (Author) - Caudex, United Kingdom
Shelley Weaver (Author) - Rutgers University, United States
Karen L Woolley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Accountability in Research, Vol.23(3), pp.178-194
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2015.1088788
ISSN: 0898-9621
Organisation Unit: UniSC Clinical Trials Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449308702621
Output Type: Journal article

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