BOOKLIST/ RECOMMENDED READING LIST
Junior Cycle
2010/2011
Please note that all books on this recommended list are available for viewing in RCSI Mercer
Library at the start of term. Academic staff recommend strongly that you review the proposed
books at this time and prior to committing. On purchasing, please ensure you are securing the
most recent edition of all textbooks as they will be a valuable resource throughout your course.
The Students’ Union arrange a Book Sale during Freshers’ Week where many useful
publications can be purchased.
Note that changes may be made to this list so please check with the Faculty Office before purchasing texts.
ANATOMY
1. One of the following regional anatomy texts (JC1, 2 & 3):
Drake, Vogl & Mitchell
Gray’s Anatomy for Students
(Elsevier Churchill Livingstone)
Ellis
Clinical Anatomy (Blackwell)
Monkhouse
Clinical Anatomy (Churchill Livingstone)
Moore, Agur
Essential Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students
(Williams and Wilkins)
or any other regional anatomy text and/or atlas
2. Neuroanatomy (essential):
JC1, 2 & 3
(various)
Aids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system
(Ballière-Tindall)
JC3 only
Crossman & Neary
Neuroanatomy: An Illustrated Colour Text
(Churchill Livingstone)
Monkshouse
Cranial Nerves, Functional Anatomy
(Cambridge University Press)
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3. Embryology (JC1, 2 & 3):
Langman
Medical Embryology (Williams and Wilkins)
HEALTH, BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY
Required and recommended textbook:
Psychology and Sociology applied to medicine (2nd ed.) Alder B.,Porter M.,Abraham
C.,Van Teijlingen E. London: Churchill Livingstone,(2004)
Recommended textbook and CD: (available for consultation in Mercer’s library);
Psychology, Themes and Variations: (Wayne W) (5th ed) briefer version.
Wadsworth, (2002) PSYK.TREK 2.0 A Multimedia Introduction to Psychology
BIOCHEMISTRY
1.
2.
Absolutely essential – one or other recommended for purchase :
Champe, Harvey & Ferrier
Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews - Biochemistry (3rd
edition)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Meisenberg & Simmons
PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Mosby
Additional reading :
Clinical Chemistry and Metabolic Medicine Seventh Edition
By; Martin Crook
Strachan & Read
HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS 3
Garland Science
Nussbaum, McInnes, Willard
THOMPSON & THOMPSON GENETICS IN MEDICINE (6th Edition)
WB Saunders Company
Kingston
ABC OF CLINICAL GENETICS (3rd edition)
BMJ Books
Murray et al.
HARPER’S REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY (24th Edition)
Lange
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Kumar & Clark
CLINICAL MEDICINE (5th edition)
WB Saunders
Dow, Lindsay, Morrison
BIOCHEMISTRY: MOLECULES, CELLS AND THE BODY
Addison-Wesley
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Page et al
Integrated Pharmacology
Mosby
Rang et al
Pharmacology
Churchill
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Farmer and Lawrenson:
“Lecture Notes Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine” (5th
edition) (2004). Publishers: Wiley-Blackwell
PHYSIOLOGY
Most textbooks of Medical Physiology are suitable for the core curriculum. The latest editions of
the following textbooks are particularly recommended:
1. The ‘Systems of the Body’ series of textbooks, published by Churchill Livingstone, to include
the following systems:
Musculoskeletal
Digestive
Endocrine
Cardiovascular
Nervous System
Respiratory
Renal
Self Assessment
nd
2 Editions of a number of the Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular, Renal and Nervous System
volumes have just been published. 2nd editions of the Endocrine, Digestive & Respiratory
volumes are in press currently.
2. Review of Medical Physiology by William F. Ganong
Publishers: Appleton and Lange
3. Textbook of Medical Physiology by Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall
Pocket Companion to Textbook of Medical Physiology
Publishers: W.B. Saunders
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Recommended as reference for case based tutorials (DVD accompanies textbook):
Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark
Publishers: W.B. Saunders
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