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If you are referencing several works published by the same author or authors in the same year, they should be differentiated by adding a lower case letter (a,b,c, etc.) with no space, after the year and in brackets. If several works published by the same author or authors in the same year are referred to on a single occasion they can all be referred to by using lower case letters. Reference List Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment: McLaughlin, K., Melby, V. and Coates, V. (2013a) Family-centred care: review of opinions among staff. Emergency Nurse, 20(9), 20. McLaughlin, K., Melby, V. and Coates, V. (2013b) Family-centred care during resuscitation events. Emergency Nurse, 21(3), 28. In-text citation Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence: Research by McLaughlin et al. (2013a) found that staff opinions on ….. Family centred care is an important element during resuscitation of a patient as described by McLaughlin et al. (2013b). Example 2 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence: Research has shown (McLaughlin et al. 2013a) that staff opinions ...... Family centred care is an important element during resuscitation of a patient (McLaughlin et al. 2013b). Example 3 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence - If several works published by the same author or authors in the same year are referred to on a single occasion they can all be referred to by using lower case letters: McLaughlin et al. (2013a, b) researched family-centred care from both staff and …. |
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