Writing a case report in English

Abstract

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.

Dobro napisan prikaz bolesnika je jasan, koncizan i informativan rad namenjen stručnjacima iz različitih oblasti medicine s jasnim ciljem da objasni šta treba naučiti na osnovu datog iskustva. Cilj ovog rada je da prikaže korisne smernice za pisanje dobrog prikaza bolesnika. U radu je dat kratak osvrt na različite 'korake' U vezi s formom ove vrste akademskog pisanja. Rad takođe opisuje četiri principa dobrog pisanja, a to su: jasnoća, istinitost, realnost i relevantnost.