George M Hall is Professor of Anaesthesia at St George's, University of London. He is co-author of How To Survive in Anaesthesia (4th edition 2011) and coeditor of How to Present at Meetings (3rd edition 2011).

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• List of Contributors, viiPreface to the Fifth Edition, xPreface to the Fourth Edition, xiChapter 1 Structure of a scientific paper, 1George M. HallChapter 2 Introduction, 6Richard SmithChapter 3 Methods, 16Gordon B. DrummondChapter 4 Results, 22Charles W. HogueChapter 5 Discussion, 29George M. HallChapter 6 Titles, abstracts and authors, 33Kevin W. EvaChapter 7 Who should be an author?, 42Richard HortonChapter 8 References, 47Simon Howell and Liz NeillyChapter 9 Electronic submissions, 57Michael WillisChapter 10 Open access, 64Mark WareChapter 11 How to write a letter, 71Michael DohertyChapter 12 How to prepare an abstract for a scientific meeting, 78Robert N. AllanChapter 13 How to write a case report, 83Martin Neil RossorChapter 14 How to write a review, 89Paul GlasziouChapter 15 How to write a book review, 98Mark W. Davies and Luke A. JardineChapter 16 The role of the manuscript assessor, 102Domhnall MacAuleyChapter 17 The role of the editor, 115Jennifer M. HunterChapter 18 What a publisher does, 124Gavin Sharrock and Elizabeth WhelanChapter 19 Style: what it is and why it matters, 133Sharon LengChapter 20 Ethics of publication, 141Chris Graf and Elissa WilsonIndex, 151