RT Journal
A1 Roland CG
T1 GOod scientific writing
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1969
FD January 1
VO 123
IS 1
SP 100
OP 100
DO 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300110102020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300110102020
AB Anew feature begins in this issue of the Archives. Each month we will reprint scientific articles or portions of articles which seem well written. This material will appear regularly on advertising pages 11, 12, and 14.My search for these articles began several years ago when participants in American Medical Association-Education and Research Foundation medical writing seminars asked for models to follow in their writing. There exists no convenient source, no collection, of good scientific prose; we hope the new section will help supply this want.What is good scientific writing? No answer to this question can satisfy all inquirers, for goodness is always a subjective quality. Although part of the goodness of good writing comes from the absence of errors, correctness does not itself guarantee goodness.The purpose of scientific writing is to convey information, not display literary innovation. There is no place in scientific prose for the stylistic