AMA (American Medical Association) Style Guide

	AMA style is used by Physical Therapy and many of the health sciences.  Check with your professor. Book Book Article or Chapter Journal or Magazine Article Journal Article on the Internet Newspaper, Magazine or Journal Article Encyclopedia Article Notes & Tips

Book (section 3.12.2 and ff, and 2.1.6)

Kennedy M.  A Brief History of Disease, Science, and Medicine: From the Ice Age to the Genome Project. Cranston, RI: Writers' Collective; 2004.    

Book Article or Chapter (section 3.12.4 and 3.9.1)

Rutter M. Finding and understanding specific susceptibility genes.  In: Genes and Behavior: Nature – Nurture Interplay Explained. Malden, MA: Blackwell; 2006: 156-177.

Journal or Magazine Article (with volume numbers – section 3.11.3 and ff and 3.11.5 for journals without vol. or issue numbers)

Guttmacher AE.  Welcome to the genomic era.  N Engl J Med.  2003; 349(10):996-998.

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Journal Article on the Internet (section 3.15.1)

Duchin JS. Can preparedness for biological terrorism save us from pertussis? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(2):106-107. http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/158/2/106. Accessed June 1, 2004.

Newspaper, Magazine or Journal Article (without volume numbers – section 3.13.1)

Nickerson C.  DNA study challenges basic ideas in genetics; genome "junk" appears essential.  Boston Globe.  June 14, 2007: A1.

Encyclopedia article (section 3.12.4)

Hunt KS. Gene therapy. In:  Longe JL, ed. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Vol 3.  3rd ed. New York: Thomson Gale; 2006: 1578-1585.

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Website (section 3.15.3)

The HONcode in brief.  Health on the Net foundation. http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html.  Accessed June 28, 2007.

Notes & Tips

• Items are listed numerically in the order they are cited in the text.
• Authors: use initials of first and second names with no spaces. Include up to six authors. If there are more than six, include the first three, followed by et al. If no author is given, start with the title.
• Books: include the edition statement (ex: 3rd ed. or Rev ed.) between the title and place if it is not the first edition.
• Place: use postal codes.
• Journals: abbreviate titles as shown in PubMed Journals database. See 3.11.5 for journals without voume or issue numbers.
• Websites: include the name (title) of the webpage, the name of the entire website, the full date of the page (if available), and the date you looked at it.
• The rules concerning a title within a title are not displayed here for purposes of clarity. See the printed version of the manual for details.
• For documents and situations not listed here, see the printed version of the manual.

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