The following links and websites may be of interest:
Medical Writing:
Corpus Concordancer
A wide-ranging corpus at the Co-Build sampler
website: http://www.collins.co.uk/corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx
Online resource for Springer Journals!
An excellent new free resource for editors, translators, writing instructors, authors -- courtesy of Springer.
http://www.springerexemplar.com/search.aspx?q=%22risk%20for%22&val=subject:medicine
European Association of Medical Writers (EMWA) http://www.emwa.org
This organization holds annual meetings twice per year with an education programme in medical writing.
In addition, the site has a list of freelance medical writing worldwide, some of whom have agreed to allow their details to appear on this web site.
Medical Writers: (alphabetical order)
Helen Baldwin , PhD,
SciNopsis
Résidence Eden Park , Bâtiment B,
1 rue Jean Carrara,
83600 Fréjus,
France
Tel: +33 4 94 83 90 20
Fax: +33 4 94 83 86 91
Mobile: +33 6 62 37 91 36
e-mail : helen.baldwin@scinopsis.com
Rosemary Collier, PhD, CRC Medical Writing Limited
Website: http://www.crcmedicalwriting.com
Email: rosemary@crcmedicalwriting.com
Michelle Derbyshire, PhD, MD Writing Services: michelle.derbyshire@skynet.be
Julie Eastgate, Medical Writing Services: julieanneastgate@tiscali.co.uk
Nasreen Hoque is a professional medical writer and manager of promed writing based in Germany , near Frankfurt (www.promedwriting.com).
The company specializes in preparing and writing papers for biomedical journals; other services include the writing, editing, and proofreading of regulatory documentations and medical marketing material in a wide range of fields.
The company also translates German-English medical papers.
Specializing in ophthalmic papers, with a recent paper being published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, the company is currently preparing other papers in the field of Glaucoma.
For further information please contact Nasreen Hoque BSc,MS,MSc
via phone (++49 (0) 6196 6524070) or e-mail (nasreen.hoque@promedwriting.com).
Debbie Jordan Ltd, mw@debbiejordan.freeserve.co.uk
Nicola La Grue, Freelance medical writing & editing services:
Web site: http://www.medicalwritingservices.com;
E-Mail: nicky@medicalwritingservices.com
Kari Skinningsrud, Msc, Limwric as
Web site: http://www.limwric.no
E-Mail: kari@limwric.no
Medical Translators:
Anne Bartz Languages: English/Italien
E-Mail: anne-bartz@freenet.de
Nasreen Hoque Languages: German/English
E-mail:nasreen.hoque@promedwriting.com
Lingoleaf Language Services
Our aim is to provide a professional language translation and proofreading service, tailored to suit your specific language requirements. As well as offering a range of English language services, we specialise in translating, proofreading and copy-editing the following foreign languages: Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
For all enquiries relating to French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish language assignments, please contact:
Anne Heining
Based in London, UK
Tel: +44 (0)7796 681 508
Fax: +44 (0)20 7603 5769
Email: anne@lingoleaf.com
For enquiries relating to Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish language assignments, please contact:
Josefin Skullbacka
Based in Glasgow, UK
Tel: +44 (0)7775 693 747
Fax: +44 (0)20 7603 5769
Email: josefin@lingoleaf.com
Medical Transcribers:
Transcribe UK
Ada Galloway
E-Mail: ada@transcribeuk.co.uk
Tel 01560 486 652
Mob 07966 478 491
Web: http:// www.transcribeuk.co.uk
Guidelines/Information re Biomedical Journals:
The International committee of medical journal editors: http://www.icmje.org
Council of Science Editors: http://www.councilscienceeditors.org
European Association of Science Editors: http://www.ease.org.uk
Publishers:
Blackwell Publishing: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Elsevier: http://www.elsevier.com
Springer Verlag GmbH: http://www.springeronline.com
Springerlink:
http://www.springerlink.com
Misc.
http://www.quietsleep.com : A site for patients and dentists interested in oral appliances therapy for snoring and sleep apnea
http://eyecancer.com: A site for patients battling with eye cancer
http://www.moving24.de : If you are relocating anywhere in the world this site may be useful.
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk : The local news in Devizes, Wiltshire.
http://glasgowasiseeit.com: A fantastic web site featuring a book with pictures of Glasgow
http://www.laurencephoto.com: A web site with great yachting photos by a Glaswegian photographer
http://www.douglasandkay.co.uk/ A good site if you need any furniture repaired/polished based in Glasgow
http://www.theglasgowguitarstudio.co.uk A site which has developed "Wendys Strings" for children/adults with additional needs who are unable to see clearly but who wish to learn and play the guitar