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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 16:191-192 (2004)
International Journal for Quality in Health Care vol. 16 no. 3 © International Society for Quality in Health Care and Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Editorial

Writing a research article: advice to beginners

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Writing research papers does not come naturally to most of us. The typical research paper is a highly codified rhetorical form [1,2]. Knowledge of the rules—some explicit, others implied—goes a long way toward writing a paper that will get accepted in a peer-reviewed journal.

Primacy of the research question

A good research paper addresses a specific research question. The research question—or study objective or main research hypothesis—is the central organizing principle of the paper. Whatever relates to the research question belongs in the paper; the rest doesn’t. This is perhaps obvious when the paper reports on a well planned research project. However, in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Thomas V. Perneger

Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Patricia M. Hudelson

Department of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland


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