Effective Writing for Healthcare Professionals

This new edition of Effective Writing for Healthcare Professionals is an invaluable insider's guide to publishing, providing tips and advice for time-poor professionals working in the healthcare sector. But how do you get published? Where do you start? How do you know if your writing is good enough and what can you learn to make it better? Offering an accessible guide to the key issues, this is the perfect book for those who have busy working lives and find the process of writing challenging. It covers issues ranging from getting started to the winning habits of successful authors; from the rights and responsibilities of authors to how to get noticed. This new edition has been updated to include guidance on publishing norms, collaborative digital platforms, social media, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on publishing trends. Written by a best-selling academic author, this is an essential resource for novice writers and healthcare providers interested in publishing their work.

Megan-Jane Johnstone AO is a retired Professor of Nursing who now writes as an independent scholar. She is the author of several books including Alzheimer's Disease, Media Representations and the Politics of Euthanasia, and Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective.

1.Writing, Publication and Scholarship in the Healthcare Professions. 2.Getting Started. 3.The Writing Process. 4.The Winning Habits of Successful Authors. 5. Producing a Work. 6.Troubleshooting. 7.Promoting, Making Visible and Maximising the Impact of Your Work. 8.Publishing Norms and Author responsibilities. 9.Academic Freedom, Copyrights, and Author Rights. 10.Publishing Norms In The Spotlight: Lessons From The COVID-19 Pandemic.