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 Complete. URL
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.