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DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814416
On Writing: Why Projects Fail
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Publikationsdatum:
21. April 2004 (online)
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This is the second is a series of articles on writing for presentation and publication. In this article we look at why projects fail to make into abstract or manuscript form. More than 90 % of all medical writing projects never make it into print. To those of us who mentor trainees’ writing, the causes of “manuscript death” are all too predictable:
Lack of clear objectives Poor study design Failure to recruit sufficient patients Negative findings Loss of interest/departure of investigators Discouragement Someone else publishes first.
J. Baillie,MB, ChB, FRCP
Department of Medicine · Division of Gastroenterology · Duke University Medical Center
Box 3189 · DUMC · Durham · North Carolina 27710 · USA
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eMail: baill001@mc.duke.edu