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Health information sources

General format

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of report. URL

Australian Medicine Handbook (AMH)

Title of entry. (Year). In Australian Medicines Handbook. URL

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. URL

Codes of Conduct

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title. URL

eTG complete

Title of entry. (Year). In Electronic Therapeutic Guidelines CompleteURL

UpToDate

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of section. UpToDate. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

StatPearls

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of topic. StatPearls. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

Examples

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Indigenous eye health measures 2021: In-brief (Cat. no. IHW 242). https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/efec3a5e-657e-412f-9e4e-d6503c8b0cf6/aihw-ihw-242.pdf

Australian Medicine Handbook (AMH)

Coronavirus disease vaccines. (2021). In Australian Medicines Handbook. https://amhonline.amh.net.au/appendices/appendix-additional-drugs/late-additions/covid-19-vaccine

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Whing J., Nandhra S., Nesbitt C., Stansby G. (2021). Interventions for great saphenous vein incompetence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005624.pub4

Codes of Conduct

Occupational Therapy Board of Conduct. (2014). Code of conduct for Registered Health Practitioners. https://www.occupationaltherapyboard.gov.au/codes-guidelines/code-of-conduct.aspx

eTG complete

Acute Oxygen Therapy. (2020). In Electronic Therapeutic Guidelines Complete. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/bond.edu.au?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftgldcdp.tg.org.au%2FviewTopic%3Ftopicfile%3Dacute-oxygen-therapy

UpToDate

Perreault, L., Apovian, C. (2021). Obesity in adults: Overview of management. UpToDate. Retrieved September 2, 2021, from https://go.openathens.net/redirector/bond.edu.au?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uptodate.com%2Fcontents%2Fobesity-in-adults-overview-of-management

StatPearls

Patterson, R. A., & Stankewicz, H. A. (2022). Penicillin allergy. StatPearls. Retrieved July 7, 2023, from www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459320

Style notes

  • The date of retrieval is added to the UpToDate and StatPearls references, as the information is regularly updated.

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Most clinical practice guidelines are published as reports or webpages and so follow the report or webpage reference type. You can see specific examples of clinical guideline references on the APA Style Blog