Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2015 Volume 143, Issue 1-2, Pages: 116-118
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1502116I
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Writing a case report in English
Ivančević-Otanjac Maja (Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade)
Milojević Irina (University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade)
A well-written case report is a clear, concise and informative paper, aimed
at professionals from different fields of medicine, with the clear purpose to
explain what lesson is to be learnt from the experience. The aim of this
paper is to suggest useful guidelines for writing a good case report. It
briefly reflects different “moves” in this piece of academic writing, thus
outlining the required form, as well as the four principles of good writing:
clarity, honesty, reality and relevance.
Keywords: case report, clarity, honesty, reality, relevance