Grammar and writing skills for the health professional /
Lorraine Villemaire, Doreen Villemaire.
- Albany, NY : Delmar, c2001.
- ix, 342 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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
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