A Writer's Guide to Medicine

From injuring your character to depicting scenes set in the morgue, let Natalie Dale, MD, be your guide to writing about medicine. Medicine is a world unto itself; lives can be changed in an instant and decisions are truly life-or-death. But it's also a bizarre and alien world, full of unique settings, confusing acronyms, and a confounding array of different conditions. No wonder writers love to write about medicine. No wonder they get it wrong. In the Writer's Guide to Medicine, Dr. Dale shows you how to accurately depict the world of medicine in your writing and points out the most common clichés and medicine-related pitfalls. In Volume 1: Setting & Character, you'll learn: · How medical professionals approach an emergency · Key sensory details for unique medical settings · How to avoid medical clichés. · Facts about death and dying · Specifics about comas, consciousness, and the infamous "medically-induced coma" · The truth about hospital food · And more!

Medicine is hard. Writing about medicine doesn't have to be. Struggling to write your character's chronic illness? Need to injure a character but don't know how? Look no further! Let physician and author, Natalie Dale, MD, be your guide to writing about medicine. In Volume 1: Setting & Character, Dr. Dale navigated writers through the complex maze of hospital settings and medical professions. Now, the doctor is back, tackling one of fiction writers' biggest and most important questions: how to believably injure, poison, sicken, maim, mutilate, disable, or otherwise cause harm to their beloved characters. In Volume 2: Illness & Injury, you'll learn: ·How to believably injure characters-and the treatment they'll need to survive. ·Which life-threatening conditions might afflict your young, otherwise healthy character. ·How to describe tough medical situations, such as suicide, miscarriage, and cancer. ·How to avoid medical clichés and harmful misrepresentations. ·And much, much more! Volume 2: Illness & Injury is packed with straightforward, practical, and sometimes hilarious advice that will transform your writing about medicine from a research nightmare to an enjoyable adventure. "Clear, concise, and filled with accessible and usable current medical facts that will add depth and credibility to any story, the A WRITER'S GUIDE TO MEDICINE series is a must-have for every writer's reference shelf." -DP Lyle, MD, award-winning author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series. "An absolute must for any writer of fiction wanting to get their medical facts correct.Dr. Dale writes a compelling and informative book that should be required reading for anyone delving into the world of hospitals, medicine and trauma" -Neil Bradbury, PhD, author of "A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them"

Medicine is hard. Writing about medicine doesn't have to be. Struggling to write your character's chronic illness? Need to injure a character but don't know how? Look no further! Let physician and author, Natalie Dale, MD, be your guide to writing about medicine. In Volume 1: Setting & Character, Dr. Dale navigated writers through the complex maze of hospital settings and medical professions. Now, the doctor is back, tackling one of fiction writers' biggest and most important questions: how to believably injure, poison, sicken, maim, mutilate, disable, or otherwise cause harm to their beloved characters. In Volume 2: Illness & Injury, you'll learn: · How to believably injure characters-and the treatment they'll need to survive. · Which life-threatening conditions might afflict your young, otherwise healthy character. · How to describe tough medical situations, such as suicide, miscarriage, and cancer. · How to avoid medical clichés and harmful misrepresentations. · And much, much more! Volume 2: Illness & Injury is packed with straightforward, practical, and sometimes hilarious advice that will transform your writing about medicine from a research nightmare to an enjoyable adventure. "Clear, concise, and filled with accessible and usable current medical facts that will add depth and credibility to any story, the A WRITER'S GUIDE TO MEDICINE series is a must-have for every writer's reference shelf." - DP Lyle, MD, award-winning author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series. "An absolute must for any writer of fiction wanting to get their medical facts correct. Dr. Dale writes a compelling and informative book that should be required reading for anyone delving into the world of hospitals, medicine and trauma" - Neil Bradbury, PhD, author of "A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them"