We are often asked which textbooks you should buy. There are many different medical textbooks suitable for the early years and as the course progresses other texts will become important too.
Copies of these books (and others) will be available in the University and/or Medical libraries . We therefore encourage students NOT to buy textbooks before arriving at university and using several books themselves to find out which they prefer.
However, the books listed below are often found useful by our students.
Highly recommended:
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, Tortora and Derrickson 13 th Edition. Wiley, 2011, ISBN
9780470233474 £42.95
OR
Clinically Oriented Anatomy , Moore K, Dalley A, 7 th edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2013
ISBN 9781451184471 £45.00 AND Introduction to Human Physiology. Sherwood L, 8 th edition,
Brooks/Cole, 2012 ISBN-10: 1133104541
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, Longmore M, Wilkinson I, Davidson E, Foulkes A & Mafi A,
8th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 9780199232178
Recommended:
Medical Sciences. Naish, J, Syndercombe Court, D (Editors), 2 nd Edition, Saunders, 2014, ISBN-
10: 0702051381 (available as an e-book free through the university library)
Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology. Rang, H, Ritter, J, Flower, R, Henderson, G, 8 th Edition, Churchill
Livingstone, 2015, ISBN-10: 0702053627 (available as an e-book free through the university library)
Core Pathology. Stevens, A, Lowe ,J, Scott, I, 3 rd Edition, Mosby, 2008, ISBN-10: 0723434441
(available as an e-book free through the university library)
Emery ’s Elements of Medical Genetics. Turnpenny, P, Ellard, S, 14 th Edition, Churchill Livingstone,
2011, ISBN-10: 0702040436 (available as an e-book free through the university library)
Clinical Medicine (MRCP Study Guides). Kumar, P, Clark, M, 8 th Edition, Saunders, 2012, ISBN-
10: 0702044997
Medical Biochemistry. Baynes, J, Dominiczak, M, 4 th Edition, Saunders, 2014, ISBN-10:
1455745804, £44.99
Essential Cell Biology. Alberts, B, Bray, D, Hopkin, K, Johnson, A, Lewis, J, Raff, M, Roberts, K,
Walter, P, 4 th Edition, Garland Publishing, 2013, ISBN-10:
0853696470, £47.45
Infectious Disease: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Case Studies. Shetty, N, Tang, J, Andrews, J,
Wiley- Blackwell, 2009, ISBN-10: 1405135433
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Basic and Clinical Immunology.
Peakman, M, Vergani, D, 2 nd Edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2009,
ISBN-10: 0443100829, £41.99
Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. Bear M, Connors B, Paradiso M. 3 rd edition, Lippincott Williams
Wilkins, 2006. ISBN 0781760038 £34.95
Health, 2 nd edition, Blaxter M, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010. ISBN10 0745648452
Health Inequality: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts and Methods, Bartley M, Cambridge:
Polity Press, 200 4, pp. 224, £16.99 (PB). ISBN 0745627803
Health Psychology: A Textbook. Ogden J. 5 th Edition. Open University Press. 2012,
ISBN: 9780335243839 , £34.99
The illness narratives: suffering, healing and the human condition. Kleinmann A, Basic Books
1988. ISB N 9780465032044, £14
Donaldson’s Essential Public Health: Donaldson, L. and Scally, G., 3 rd Edition, Radcliffe Publishing
Ltd (2009) ISBN 9781846192098 £33.24
Rayner, G. and Lang, T. Ecological Public Health; Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health.
I SBN: 9781844078325 (2012) Oxon: Routledge £26.99 (Also available online as an eBook free via
UEMS library)
Medical Ethics and Law: The Core Curriculum. Hope, T, Savulescu, J, Hendrick, J. 2 nd
Churchill Livingstone, 2008, ISBN-10: 0443103372, £24.99
Edition,
Clinical examination. de Bono DP, Cookson J, Epstein O, Perkin DG, 4 th Edition, Mosby, 2008,
ISBN 0723434549 £44.99
Skills for communicating with patients. Silverman J, Kurtz S, Draper J, 3rd Edition, Radcliffe
Publishing Limited, 2013. ISBN-10: 18 46193656 £31.49
The Study Skills Handbook, Cottrell S, Palgrave. ISBN 978-1-137-28925-4.
Medical Statistics from Scratch, an introduction for health professionals, Bowers D, 2
Wiley, 2008 ISBN: 9780470513019, £27.99 nd Edition,
Evans, I., Thornton, H., Chalmers, I. and Glasziou, P. (2011) 2 nd Edition Testing Treatments better research for better healthcare. London: Pinter & Martin.
Download this text for free here: http://www.testingtreatments.org/tt-main-text/
Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors, 13 th Edition, Ellis, H,
Mahadevan, V, WileyBlackwell, £39.99. ISBN: 978118373774
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. Dorland, 32 nd Edition, Saunders, 2011, ISBN-10:
1416062572
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