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American Medical Association (AMA) Style Quick Guide

The purpose of this guide is to provide some basic rules for the American Medical Association Style.

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Format:
Author Last Name First and Middle Initials. Chapter Title (if using). In: editor(s). Book Title. Edition number, if second edition or above. Publisher Name; Copyright year. Page numbers (when specific pages are cited). Accessed Date. URL (if available).
Examples:
Washington HA. Nuclear Winter: Radiation Experiments on African Americans. In: Washington HA. Medical Apartheid : The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present. Anchor; 2006. Accessed July 28, 2021.
Office of the Surgeon General (OSG). Confronting Health Misinformation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Building a Healthy Information Environment. US Department of Health and Human Services; 2021. Accessed July 28, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK572169/.