Key steps These are steps we suggest that you follow: select the patient you plan to write about, discuss this with the team and all the personnel relevant to aspects of the patient’s care, collect all the information you need and type directly into the Word templates that we have prepared for you. At the end of the templates are author statements that must be completed in full. All manuscripts should be written with the supervision of the senior clinician responsible for the patient’s care and for obtaining written consent from the patient. Use our guidance to help you write and to avoid pitfalls that might prolong the time it takes to send you a decision about the progress of your manuscript or that may result in rejection.
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Consent > Have you read our patient consent
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> Do you have the patient’s consent to submit your manuscript? > If the patient is deceased, do you have consent from the next of kin to submit your manuscript? > Are you in contact with the patient? Will it be easy to contact them again? This is important for the additional information you may be asked to provide during revision and to update follow-up outcomes.
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