Overview
Focuses very precisely on the biomedical research article. Biomedical language is quite different in many respects from general English and other scientific dialects, and so biomedical language deserves to be treated separately
Deals with research articles, the publications which biomedical scientists have to produce in order to keep their jobs
Derived largely from analyses of biomedical corpora. Hence, the advice offered is evidence-based rather than opinion-based, and is derived from examination of successful biomedical writing, i.e. that which has been published in peer-reviewed journals
Web-based resources are available for exercises
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Reviews
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"This is a practical guide to writing good, publishable biomedical manuscripts. … The audience includes biomedical editors, reviewers, and native and non-native English speaking colleagues. … This easy to read and understand book will be a valuable resource for students or others in writing successful manuscripts. … The book is filled with helpful hints for appropriate grammar, structure, and style in writing biomedical papers." (Vicki Ann Moss, Doody’s Review Service, Vol. 1147, 2008)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Budgell is a career neuroscientist with more than 30 journal publications and a half-dozen book chapters to his credit. He has also edited textbooks, and a recent encyclopedia on neuroscience. His interest in biomedical and health linguistics developed from experiences assisting colleagues, especially in Japan and China. To this end, he has collaborated in assembling and conducting linguistic analyses of collections of the literature of nursing, public health and midwifery. His funded research in this area has led to the creation of the web-based Centre for Biomedical and Health Linguistics to assist teachers and learners. The Centre’s open-access resources are available at http://www.bmhlinguistics.org
Recent publications and conference presentations related to his research include:
Budgell B, Miyazaki M, O’Brien M, Perkins R, Tanaka Y. Developing a corpus of the nursing literature: a pilot study. Japan Journal of Nursing Science 2007;4:21-25.
Millar N, Budgell B. The language of public health - The language of public health a corpus-based analysis. The Journal of Public Health 2008;16(5):369-374.
Perkins R, Budgell B, Miyazaki M, O’Brien M, Tanaka Y. Assessing Biomedical English Competency: A Fair, Valid, Sensitive, and Approach. In: International Medical Education Conference; 2007; Kuala Lumpur; International Medical University; 2007. p. A39.
Budgell B, Miyazaki M, O’Brien M, Perkins R, Tanaka Y. Our Shared Biomedical Language. In: International Medical Education Conference; 2007; Kuala Lumpur: International Medical University; 2007. p. A17.
Tanaka Y, Miyazaki M, Budgell B, O’Brien M, Perkins R. Developing A Corpus Of The Nursing Literature - A Pilot Study. In: International Medical Education Conference; 2007; Kuala Lumpur: International Medical University; 2007. p. A29.
Periera C, Budgell B. Assessing the Biomedical Literacy and English Language Skills of Malaysian Health Sciences Students. In: International Medical Education Conference; 2007; Kuala Lumpur: International Medical University; 2007. p. A41.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Writing a Biomedical Research Paper
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Structure and Style
Authors: Brian Stephen Budgell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-88037-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-88036-3Published: 08 January 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-88037-0Published: 05 December 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 66
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Biomedicine general
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma