medical vetting
(mĕd′ĭ-kəl vĕt′ĭng)
"the editing by a physician of a health-related manuscript for clarity and medical accuracy"
For more than 10 years, I practiced internal medicine in the Boston area, then gave it up to pursue my love of writing. I have never regretted that decision. Over the last couple of decades, I've written two critically-acclaimed books, Examining Your Doctor and Yoga as Medicine, as well as dozens of articles published in leading medical journals, major newspapers and popular magazines. Yoga Journal's medical editor since 2002, I'm also on the editorial board of The International Journal of Yoga Therapy, and a writer and co-editor of the just-released medical textbook on yoga therapy, The Principles in Practices of Yoga in Health Care. And since 1996, I have worked in a field that most people have never heard of -- medical vetting. That is, I apply my medical knowledge to editing books and articles on health-related themes to help insure:
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My Medical Vetting Experience
I have edited dozens of books and hundreds of articles on both conventional medical and integrative and holistic health topics. My clients have included publishers of magazines, books and newsletters as well as individual authors. The writers have been health care professionals — both conventional and integrative — practitioners of health-related fields like yoga, journalists lacking a medical background and lay people. The needs of these varied clients can be different, as I've learned over the last 20 years, and I therefore adjust what I do accordingly.
While regular book and magazine editors do their best, they often lack the medical expertise to edit health-related material without sacrificing scientific accuracy. I know. As a writer, I've been working with them for years!
While regular book and magazine editors do their best, they often lack the medical expertise to edit health-related material without sacrificing scientific accuracy. I know. As a writer, I've been working with them for years!
Email me at: MedicalVetting@gmail.com