Q. How do I reference confidential information pertaining to a patient or from an NHS or Social Work placement?
There may be cases where the source you are citing and referencing will need to be anonymised, e.g. names in medical material or client records. In place of real names you may use terms such as “Patient X” or “Placement Hospital/Local Authority”. If the source is a medical image, e.g. a patient X-ray or scan, use the format in the Medical images section in Cite Them Right.
In the text
For an in-text citation in your work, you would cite the reference as follows:
The treatment strategies for these patients (Placement hospital, 2022)...
In the reference list
[Anonymised institution/agency] (Year produced) [Anonymised] title. Location: [Anonymised producer]. Unpublished.
Notes
- If the location of the town or city would be likely to identify a specific institution, use the county as the location instead, e.g. North Middlesex: [Placement hospital].
N.B. See the Medical images section in Cite Them Right for information relating to using and referencing medical images.