Writing In The Health Professions

Practical, applied, and up-to-the-minute, Writing for the Health Professions teaches students, healthcare professionals, and professional writers the essential skills in medical and health communications. Drawing on her extensive experience as a nurse, cardio-pulmonary technician, medical writer, and writing teacher, Barbara Heifferon addresses the communications requirements of the healthcare professions and those who write in these high-tech fields. This comprehensive text covers writing situations and documents common in hospitals, clinics, HMOs, health insurance companies, public health campaigns, and other healthcare environments. Special attention is given to visual and electronic forms of communication, including web sites and multimedia productions.

Practical, applied, and up-to-the-minute, Writing for the Health Professions teaches students, healthcare professionals, and professional writers the essential skills in medical and health communications.

Writing for the Health Professions looks at a wide range of health professionals¿ writing needs, including visual and electronic forms of communication, necessary in today¿s high-tech medical and health writing situations. The text addresses writing situations found in hospitals, clinics, HMOs, health insurance companies, and other health specialties. Covers a variety of genres including charting, patient histories, progress notes, procedural reports, handbooks, newsletters, brochures, websites, proposals, grant writing, and more.

Those interested in learning the basics of medical and health communication.