The AMA Manual of Style was created by the editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Disciplines that use AMA include medicine, health and the biological sciences.
In-text citations and reference list: superscript numerals are used to cite sources in-text. In the reference list at the end of the document, sources are listed in the order that they are cited.
Journal titles are abbreviated in the reference list using National Library of Medicine abbreviations. Find abbreviations by searching the National Library of Medicine Catalogue: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals
Reference list:
Wei H, Corbett RW, Ray J, Wei TL. A culture of caring: The essence of healthcare interprofessional collaboration. J Interprof Care. 2020;34(3):324-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2019.1641476
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Tauben DJ, Langford DJ, Sturgeon JA, et al. Optimizing telehealth pain care after COVID-19. Pain. 2020;161(11):2437-45. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002048
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Beck J. Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond. 3rd ed. Guilford Press; 2021.
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Beck J. Cognitive behavior therapy: Basics and beyond. 3rd ed. Guilford Press; 2021. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/1462544193
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Health Canada. Canada Health Act: Annual Report 2018–2019. Government of Canada; 2020. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/health-system-services/canada-health-act-annual-report-2018-2019/pub1-eng.pdf
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World Health Organization. Infant and young child feeding. World Health Organization website. August 24, 2020. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/infant-and-young-child-feeding
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Oransky I. List of retracted COVID-19 papers grows past 70. Retraction Watch. December 30, 2020. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://retractionwatch.com/2020/12/30/list-of-retracted-covid-19-papers-grows-past-70/
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the official style guide of the American Psychological Association.
A variety of disciplines outside of psychology use APA, including nursing, social work and occupational therapy.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) by Reference list:
Joshi, A. U., & Lewiss, R. E. (2020). Telehealth in the time of COVID-19. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37(10), 637-638. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209846
In-text citations:
(Joshi & Lewiss, 2020)
Joshi and Lewiss (2020)
Reference list:
Wei, H., Corbett, R. W., Ray, J., & Wei, T. L. (2020). A culture of caring: The essence of healthcare interprofessional collaboration. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(3), 324-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2019.1641476
In-text citations:
(Wei et al., 2020)
Wei et al. (2020)
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Beck, J. (2021). Cognitive behavior therapy: Basics and beyond (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
In-text citations:
(Beck, 2021)
Beck (2021)
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Health Canada. (2020, February). Canada health act: Annual report 2018–2019. Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/health-system-services/canada-health-act-annual-report-2018-2019/pub1-eng.pdf
In-text citations:
(Health Canada, 2020)
Health Canada (2020)
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Nova Scotia Health Authority. (2018). Administrative manual: Copyright & intellectual property policy & guidelines (No. AD-LIB-005). http://policy.nshealth.ca/Site_Published/NSHA/document_render.aspx?documentRender.IdType=6&documentRender.GenericField=&documentRender.Id=71041
In-text citations:
(Nova Scotia Health Authority, 2018)
Nova Scotia Health Authority (2018)
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World Health Organization. (2020, August 24). Infant and young child feeding. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/infant-and-young-child-feeding
In-text citations:
(World Health Organization, 2020)
World Health Organization (2020)
Reference list:
Oransky, I. (2020, December 30). List of retracted COVID-19 papers grows past 70. Retraction Watch. https://retractionwatch.com/2020/12/30/list-of-retracted-covid-19-papers-grows-past-70/
In-text citations:
(Oransky, 2020)
Oransky (2020)
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