Citing and referencing: Medicine and Health sources

NOTE: Tools used for health and diagnostic purposes means the information is designed to change over time, these sources require retrieval dates in the format of

Retrieved Month DD,YYYY, from URL/ doi

Where there is a DOI - treat it as an article and just use year.

Where there is no DOI then use the retrieved date as work will change over time. 

Malkani, S. (Ed.). (2018). Diabetes mellitus type 1. DynaMed Plus. Retrieved January 13, 2021, from https://www.dynamed.com/condition/diabetes-mellitus-type-1-39

Egan, B. M. (2020). Patient adherence and the treatment of hypertension. UpToDate. Retrieved January 13, 2021, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/patient-adherence-and-the-treatment-of-hypertension 

Hueston, W. J. (2020). Acute bronchitis. BMJ Best Practice. Retrieved January 13, 2021, from https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-us/135

Johnston, S. (2019). Gestational diabetes: Antenatal care. Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence-Based Practice Database. Retrieved November 4, 2020, from https://joannabriggs.org/ebp#database

Jefferson, T., Del Mar, C., Dooley, L., Ferroni, E., Al-Ansary, L., Bawazeer, G., van Driel, M., Nair, S., Jones, M., Thorning, S., & Conly, J. (2020). Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub4  

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596 

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596 

Therapeutic guidelines. (2019). Gastro-oesophageal reflux. eTG complete. https://tgldcdp.tg.org.au/

Name of drug. (YYYY). In database. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from URL

Note: Double quotation marks are included for the title in in-text citation when the title is not italicised in reference list eg. article title, chapter title.

Calciprox. (2021). In AusDI. Retrieved March 17, 2021, from https://www.ausdi.com/

Codeine. (2021). In Australian medicines handbook. Retrieved March 17, 2021, from https://amhonline.amh.net.au/auth 

Smoking cessation. (2021). In L. N. Sansom (Ed.), Australian pharmaceutical formulary and handbook: A guide to best practice (25th ed., pp.167-171). Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

Lanoxin. (2019). In MIMS online. Retrieved September 11, 2020, from https://www.mimsonline.com.au

(“Codeine,” 2021).

Name of drug A, Name of drug B. (YYYY). In database. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from URL

Note: Double quotation marks are included for the title in in-text citation when the title is not italicised in reference list eg. article title, chapter title.

Acetaminophen, Warfarin. (2021). In Micromedex. Retrieved January 27, 2021, from https//www.micromedexsolutions.com

Paracetamol, Warfarin sodium. (2021). In MIMS online. Retrieved January 27, 2021, from https://www.mimsonline.com.au

When referring to the PRISMA, it is recommended to use journal article citations rather than referring to the PRISMA website.

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., Author, G. G., Author, H. 
             H., Author, I. I., Author, J. J., Author, K. K., Author, L. L., Author, M. M., Author, N. N., Author, O. 
             O., Author, P.  P., Author, Q. Q., Author, R. R., Author, S. S., . . . Author, Z. Z. (year of publication).
             Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page–page. https://doi.org/xxxxx

Page, M. J., McKenzie, J. E., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., Shamseer, L., 
             Tetzlaff, J. M., Aki, E. A., Brennan, S. E., Chou, R., Glanville, J., Grimshaw, J. M., Hróbjartsson, A.,
             Lalu, M. M., Li, T., Loder, E. W., Mayo-Wilson, E., McDonald, S.,...Moher, D. (2021). The PRISMA
             2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. PLOS Medicine, 18(3),
             1-36. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003583

. . . (Page et al., 2021).

OR
Page et al. (2021) . . .