A Writer's Guide to Medicine. Volume 1: Setting & Character: Setting & Character, Paperback/Natalie Dale

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! Book specifications: Dimensions: 254 x 178 Author: Natalie Dale Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2021 Publishing Month: 12 Pages: 268 Language: English Publisher: Ranunculus Press Weight: 472 g