Volume14•Number3•200051INTRODUCTIONBackgroundShunnedbysome,adoredbyothers,theclinicalcasereportisthefoundationalbuildingblockofscientificinquiryinhealthcare(1).Thecasereportisaspecifictypeofresearchdesignthatreportsonanaspectofthemanagementofoneortwopatients.Certainelementsmustbepresentinacasereportinorderforittobepublicationworthy(2,3).Thisarticledescribeswhatisnecessaryinordertowriteacasereportthatisaccept-ableforpublicationinapeer-reviewedjournal.Thisinforma-tionwillhelpnewauthorsfindthewritingprocesseasierandshouldassistpreviouslypublishedauthorswithsometipsforwritingtheirnextcasereport.Thechiropracticscientificcommunityhasreachedapointofmaturationwherethecasereportisnotregardedassimplyanec-dotalinformation.Thus,thesignificanceofthecasereporttoprovidenotonlydatabutinformationaboutwhatoccursinclin-icalpracticeisbeingacknowledgedandvalued,especiallysincecasereportsareafoundationforexperimentalresearch.Inaddi-tiontothescientificcommunity’sincreasedrespectforcasereports,thesearticlesareinterestingtojournalreaderssincetheinformationincasereportsispracticalandinformative.Additionally,casereportsareoneofthebestwaysforauthorstogetstartedinscholarlywriting(4).Manuscriptsreceivedbyjournalsareoftenreturnedtoauthorsimmediatelybecausetheyarenotformattedcorrectlyorneedfurtherworktobringthemincompliancewiththeacceptablestandardsforpublication.Manuscriptsthatarereadyforpeerreview,mayrequiretwoorthreepassesthroughthepeerreviewprocessbeforetheyareacceptableforpublication.Mostauthorsappreciateandutilizetheextrainputandsuggestionstheyreceivefromthepeerreviewprocess,however,othersfindthisaggravatingbecauseitlengthensthetimethatittakesbeforetheirmanuscriptcanbepublished.Manyoftheseproblemscouldbepreventedifauthorswouldpreparetheirmanuscriptsintheappropriateformatforscientificpublications.RegardlessofwhetherauthorsappreciateordisdainthepeerWritingPatientCaseReportsforPeer-reviewedJournals:SecretsoftheTradeBartN.Green,MSEd,DC,DACBSPandClaireD.Johnson,MSEd,DC,DACBSPABSTRACTobjecti...
