Melnick on Writing

About the Book

Melnick on Writing is a collection of the first ten years of columns published in the American Medical Writers Association Journal under that eponymous title -- forty in total. They represent the author’s comments on all phases of writing. The columns range from serious commentaries about grammar and usages, to writings about writing, to humorous commentaries, to managing writer’s block, to just plain cute thoughts -- most all with medical slants. The columns are all practical and written in a flowing, colloquial style. In a way, this anthology is a commentary on present-day medical writing by showing the problems, solutions and differing ideas on the state of medical writing (and sometimes on writing in general).

About the Author

ARNOLD MELNICK, DO is a pediatrician with a life-long interest in writing and in medical communication. He has kept immersed in medical communication throughout a stellar medical career. After 30 years of pediatric practice, he became Founding Dean of the Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine and, after its phenomenal growth (six health schools and a merger), he became the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (now retired) of the Health Professions Division of Nova Southeastern University. He is a past president of the American Medical Writers Association and of its Delaware Valley Chapter. He has been president or chairman of 13 professional organizations, in some of them also serving as editor of a group’s publication. He holds 5 Fellowship degrees and has been the recipient of 18 distinguished service awards from professional groups. A prolific writer, he has had 9 books and 3 monographs published, as well as more than 220 professional articles.