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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Inclusive Language

Chapter:
Correct and Preferred Usage
Author(s):

Roxanne K. Young

  • Sexist language, racist language, theistic
  • language—all are typical of the policing languages
  • of mastery, and cannot, do not, permit new knowl-
  • edge or encourage the mutual exchange of ideas.
  •     Toni Morrison18

JAMA and the Archives Journals avoid the use of language that imparts bias against persons or groups on the basis of sex, race or ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. The careful writer avoids generalizations and stereotypes and is specific when choosing words to describe people.