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) Student Services – 18 August 2009 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 Student Services – 18 August 2009 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 Student Services – 18 August 2009 Recommended as reference for case based tutorials (DVD accompanies textbook): Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark Publishers: W.B. Saunders Student Services – 18 August 2009