AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
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The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have guide for those seeking to publish research findings and anyone involved in medical or scientific publishing. But more than just a style manual, it offers guidance on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors, researchers and their institutions, medical editors and publishers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront on a daily basis. Written by an expert committee of JAMA and Archives editors, this 10th edition thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues, authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, and intellectual property, in addition to preparation of articles for publication, style, terminology, measurement, and quantification. Now with an online component! The online subscription is activated by entering an access code number bound into the back of the book.Customers who purchase the Special Online Bundle Package receive the hardcover 10th edition, as well as a one-year subscription to the Online Edition.
Features
- The online edition will include the most updated version of the entire text, as well as:
- Style policy changes highlighted and explained
- New policies
- Learning and training resources
- Monthly tips from JAMA/Archives editors
- Periodic updates
- Web-only new material
- Subscribe to the AMA Manual of Style Online and get access to:
- Extensive search and browse options, including searching in context and advanced searches for sections, subsections, section and subsection headings, index, tables and figures, and a powerful, easy-to-use Main Search
- Conversion calculator for SI units
- Open URL bibiographic references
- Detailed Help documentation
- COMING SOON FOR SUBSCRIBERS
- A personalized experience, including bookmarking and the ability to save top searches and annotation
- Browser toolbar to easily search the Manual from any other web site
Reviews
"The essential tool for physicians and other health professionals. In addition to the basics of grammar and citation, it leads writers through the thickets of abbreviation, nomenclature, and quantitation."--Booklist
"The manual is comprehensive and detailed, and I can't think of a single relevant aspect of medical and scientific writing that is not covered here."--Doody's, a 5 star review
"For medical writers and editors, the AMA Manual of Style remains the unrivaled point of departure."--Copyediting
"The manual is thorough and authoritative...the content is carefully referenced, and the references on all topics are impressively up-to-date."--The Journal of the European Medical Writers Association
"The manual's expository style is exemplary. It is relaxed and unpretentious...The manual covers impressive new territory."--The Editorial Eye
