REVIEW of "BETTER THESIS WRITING"
Dr. Teijinder Singh, Dr. MV Natu

Reviewed by Dr AK Patwari, Professor of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

Research topics are often given to postgraduate students as thesis subjects with the notion 'you ought to know it'. Most of them are however, unaware of what their thesis work is all about. This book should be a great relief to all those who are yet to write their thesis and authors deserve to be complimented for bringing out this book.
Importance of thesis writing as an integral part of medical training has been highlighted in the book by emphasizing the point that intention of this exercise is not always to bring out something new but to get trained in systematic problem solving. This is essential to train our postgraduate students in adopting a scientific approach to problems faced in professional life.
The book outlines the approach to formulate research problems and describes various experimental designs in a lucid manner, which is easy to understand for a beginner. The book has also strongly stressed the importance of sampling techniques particularly with reference to study design. Sections on data analysis and presentation nicely bring out the rational interpretation and understanding of results, tabulation of data and presentation of data, which is supported by simple and useful diagrams.
Better thesis writing will certainly benefit the post graduate students if they read it before conceptualizing a research topic.
Do you want to read the complete review? It is published in Indian Pediatrics, June 1999 page 628.
You can also access it on the net at http://www.indianpediatrics.net/
You can order the book from Kalyani Publishers 4779/23, Ansari Road, 24,Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002 for Rs 60/-(or USD 3.00)