title: [General principles for scientific reading and writing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present an introduction to scientific writing and reading.
  
  
  RESULTS
  To analyse the most frequently used different formats of scientific-technical documents as reported by UNESCO (1983) including Scientific journals, books, monographs, presentations to congresses, technical reports, yearbooks and bulletins. We describe the main characteristics of each one.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To emphasize the importance of written communication, in its different formats, in health sciences, for health care professionals formation and information.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seda Diestro
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garrido Díaz
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López Rodríguez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aparcero Bernet
authors.forename: E Ildefonso
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Chacartegui Martínez
mesh_terms: D011643:Publishing; D011932:Reading; D012586:Science; D014480:United Nations; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards