BOOKLIST/ RECOMMENDED READING LIST
Junior Cycle
Please note that all books on this recommended list are available for viewing in RCSI Mercer
Library at the start of term. Academic staff strongly recommend 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 Student Union arrange a Book Sale during Fresher’s week where many useful publications
can be purchased.
ANATOMY
1. One of the following regional anatomy texts:
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. Essential:
(various)
Aids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system
(Ballière-Tindall)
3. Embryology:
Langman
4. Dissection Kit:
Medical Embryology (Williams and Wilkins)
Scalpel, forceps, scissors, probes
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
Kumar & Clark
CLINICAL MEDICINE (5th edition)
WB Saunders
Dow, Lindsay, Morrison
BIOCHEMISTRY: MOLECULES, CELLS AND THE BODY
Addison-Wesley
PHARMACOLOGY
Page et al
Range et al
Integrated Pharmacology
Mosby
Pharmacology
Churchill
PHYSIOLOGY
Most textbooks of Medical Physiology are suitable for the core curriculum
The latest editions of the following textbooks are particularly recommended:
1.
Systems of the Body Series to include the following systems:
Musculoskeletal,
Digestive
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
Renal
Self Assessment.
Coming titles: Nervous System, Endocrine System
Publishers: Churchill Livingstone
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
Recommended as reference for case based tutorials (DVD accompanies textbook):
Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark
Publishers: W.B. Saunders