A Writer's Guide to Medicine. Volume 1: Setting & Character: Setting & Character

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 its 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 Writers 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 youll 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!