Grammar and writing skills for the health professional / Lorraine Villemaire, Doreen Villemaire.

Includes index.

Contents
Section 1. Grammar overview.
1. Nouns :
Types of nouns ;
Characteristics and functions of nouns
2. Pronouns :
Types of pronouns :
Pronoun: antecedent agreement
3. Verbs :
Types of verbs ;
Person of a verb ;
Number of a verb ;
Verb tenses ;
Principal parts of verbs ;
Use of verb tenses in sentences ;
Voices of verbs ;
Moods of verbs
4. Adjectives :
Types of adjectives ;
Placement of adjectives ;
Misplaced modifiers ;
Degrees of adjectives to express comparison ;
Troublesome adjectives ;
Eponyms ;
Degrees of comparison
5. Adverbs :
Recognizing adverbs ;
Adverbs as modifiers ;
Frequency adverbs ;
Degrees of adverbs to express comparison ;
Changing adjectives into adverbs ;
Negative adverbs ;
Placement of adverbs ;
Troublesome adverbs
6. Prepositions and conjunctions :
Prepositions ;
Conjunctions.
Section 2. Phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs.
7. Phrases and clauses :
Phrases ;
Clauses
8. Sentences :
Components of sentences ;
Sentence structure ;
Classifications of sentences ;
Ineffective sentences ;
Effective sentences
9. Punctuation :
The comma ;
The semicolon ;
The colon ;
Parentheses ;
The dash ;
The hyphen ;
The apostrophe ;
Italics ;
Quotation marks
10. The paragraph :
Types of paragraphs ;
Structure of a paragraph ;
Paragraph organization ;
Paragraph unity.
Section 3. Writing skills.
11. Additional guidelines for effective writing :
The writing process ;
Writing style ;
Computer writing.
Section 4. Applications.
12. Medical office correspondence :
The medical letter ;
The interoffice memorandum ;
Electronic mail ;
Facsimile ;
Phone messages ;
Minutes of a meeting
13. Charting and documenting :
The language of the medical record ;
Common types of charting
14. Introduction to medical reports :
History and physical ;
Consultation report ;
Radiology report ;
Pathology report ;
Discharge summary ;
Operative report
15. Additional writing applications :
Research ;
Manuscripts ;
Grant writing ;
Promotional writing ;
Patient education