Medical book chapter writing

from $1,200See levels and order

This service writes a single chapter for an edited medical book or textbook. It is for invited contributors and volume editors who hold the expertise and the outline but need the chapter drafted to the publisher format and deadline.

A chapter is written differently from a journal article: it teaches, it must agree with the chapters around it, and its figures need rights clearance. The specification is built around those three points.

Specification

You provide

The chapter outline, the publisher author guidelines and any sample chapter, key sources, and figures you already hold with their origin.

We do

Expand the outline into headed sections, write the text, build tables, brief each figure for the illustrator, compile the references and list every item that needs permission.

You receive

Chapter manuscript in Word with abstract and keywords where the publisher asks for them, tables, figure briefs, reference library and permissions list.

Reporting standard

The publisher author guidelines for structure, headings, reference style and artwork. Reuse of figures and tables is assessed against the STM Permissions Guidelines (2024) and the rights holder licence.

Turnaround

15 business days.

Revision rounds

1 round.

Team

A subject-matter expert with a PhD or MD in the chapter topic and a medical writer experienced in textbook style.

Levels

Larger scopes, including multi-chapter contributions and whole books, are by quote.

How the work is checked

• Guideline check against the publisher instructions: length, heading levels, abstract and keyword rules, reference style, table and figure numbering.
• Citation-to-claim check, with clinical recommendations traced to the current guideline or primary source.
• Reference verification against PubMed or DOI records.
• Permissions list reviewed line by line: source, rights holder, licence type and whether permission is needed for each figure and table.
• Read by a second subject-matter expert for accuracy, teaching sequence and overlap with the neighbouring chapters you name.

Not included

Final artwork, permission fees and the permission requests themselves, and indexing. Reference checks, figure clean-up and indexing are available under Book production support.

Ordering and payment

Order one chapter at Basic or Advanced and pay by invoice, or choose "Request this service", send the outline, and pay after the first draft only if it meets your expectations. The chapter may be delivered to your volume editor once payment is made. Official invoices and receipts are issued for publisher or institutional reimbursement. Several chapters and whole books are scoped through the quote form.

Questions

Part of Medical books. Related: Medical book editing and Book production support.