title: How to write a critical letter and respond to one.
abstract: Critical letters are important. They correct the published record. To write a critical letter requires tact; to respond to one requires tact--and the humility that comes with the realisation that belief in an observation or an idea does not make it true.
authors.affiliation: Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010380:Peer Review / Q000379:methods*; D011643:Publishing