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Writing a Case Report: Additional Help

Articles to Read

Chiu E. Using a Rubric to Evaluate Quality in Case Study WritingMeridians. Fall 2017:31-40.

Guidelines To writing a clinical case reportHeart Views. 2017;18(3):104-105. doi:10.4103/1995-705X.217857

Vinjamury SP. How to write a case report. American Acupuncturist (reprinted in Meridians). Spring 2012;(55):25.


Isaacs L. Evaluating anecdotes and case reports. Alternative Therapies In Health & Medicine. March 2007;13(2):36-38.


White A. Writing case reports – author guidelines for Acupuncture in Medicine. Acupuncture in Medicine. 2004;22(2):83-86.


Kienle G, Hamre H, Portalupi E, Kiene H. Improving the quality of therapeutic reports of single cases and case series in oncology--criteria and checklist. Alternative Therapies In Health And Medicine. September 2004;10(5):68-72.

Books to Read

Writing Acupuncture Case Reports: Theory and Practice
Ed Chiu
Vancouver, WA: Acupuncture Case Reports, LLC, 2020

How to Do Your Case Study : a Guide for Students and Researchers
Gary Thomas
London: Sage, 2011


Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods
Robert Yin
Sage, 2017


The Art of Case Study Research 
Robert E. Stake
Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 1995


How to Read a Paper (print and online versions available)
Trisha Greenhalgh
Hoboken : Wiley, 2010


Acupuncture in Practice: Case History Insights from the West 
Hugh McPherson, Ted Katpchuk
New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1997

Citing in AMA

You'll need to cite your sources at the end of your paper in AMA format. AMA Style is used by most journals in our field, so knowing how to use AMA style in your paper will be beneficial if you ever decide to publish a case study in the future. AMA is different from other formats in that it uses superscript numbers within the text of your paper.

Need help with AMA? Check out our style guide at the link below:

 

Just want a quick, computer-generated citation? Try one of these free resources:

 

Pro Tip: Make sure to double check auto-generated bibliographies. Sometimes these services don't catch the nuance of a particular source and may end up citing it incorrectly.  

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