REQUIRED TEXTBOOK LIST
Academic Year 2008-2009
Required Textbooks for Systems Courses Year 1 - Semesters 1 & 2
Notes:
 Students should always purchase the most recent edition.
 Prices listed are for new books at average suggested retail. Actual prices vary
with vendor.
 Most of these books will be used in multiple courses.
“LOCAL” TEXTBOOK RESOURCE
The most reliable “local” source for required and supplemental medical/scientific books.
Books can be ordered online or by telephone.
Majors Scientific Books, Inc.
2137 Butler Street
Dallas, TX 75235
214-631-4478
214-630-0410 fax
www.majorsbooks.com
DISCOUNTS OFFERED:
 Elsevier has established a portal at http://portals.elsevier.com/unthsc for the UNTHSC
students to purchase Elsevier textbooks from. They'll receive a 10% discount off of the
retail price of the book plus FREE shipping. Books ordered from the portal will be
delivered within 5 days.
 The Cell: A Molecular Approach 4/e by Cooper and Hausman. Sinauer Associates, Inc is
giving a special discount of 10% for The Cell 4/e. A special code number “TCOM9110”
will be used to receive the discount price only on orders placed directly through them at
http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=2191 and payment made by Visa or MasterCard.
 10% discount on ANY title from Lippincott by using the Promo code: WSP4602D U of
North Texas Health Science Center.







2008-2009 Blue Book: Directory of Community Resources, United Way of Tarrant County,
2008. ($15For more information, contact Pat Toles at 817-635-4202 or ptoles@uwmtc.org)
Atlas of Human Anatomy, Netter, Frank H., Elsevier/ Saunders, 4th edition, 2006. (ISBN:
9781416036999  $129).
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, B.G. Katzung, McGraw-Hill/Lange, 10th Edition, 2007
(ISBN: 0071451536  $65).
BLS for Healthcare Providers: Student Manual, American Heart Association, (Product #801010  $11.00).
Cardiovascular Physiology, M.N. Levy and A.J. Pappano, 9th Edition, Elsevier Mosby, (2007)
(ISBN-10: 0323034462 $40).
Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts, Richard E. Klabunde, 2005, Lippincott, Williams and
Wilkins (ISBN-10: 078175030X $37).
The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Geoffrey M. Cooper and Robert E. Hausman, ASM Press &
Sinauer Associates, Inc., 4th Edition, 2007 (ISBN 0878932194 $116).
Updated 03/25/08 CReney
Page 1























Cellular Physiology, M.P. Blaustein, J.P.Y. Kao, and D.R. Matteson, 2004, Elsevier Mosby
(ISBN: 0323013414; $40).
Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, Gladwin & Trattler, MedMaster,
Incorporated, 4th edition, 2007. (ISBN: 094078081X  $33).
Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple: Interactive Edition, S. Goldberg,
MedMaster, Incorporated, 3rd edition, 2003. (ISBN: 0940780577  $20).
Clinical Neuroanatomy, Waxman, Stephen G., McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 25th edition,
2002. (ISBN: 0071392386  $48).
Color Atlas of Histology, L.P. Gartner and J.L. Hiatt, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins; 4rd
edition, 2005. (ISBN: 0781752167  $66).
Digital Dissector 3.4 (2008) H.J. Sheedlo, R.E. Reeves, R.S. Roque, J.E. Aschenbrenner,
R.J. Wordinger, 2nd Edition, CAPI, Fort Worth, TX.
Endocrine Physiology, S. P. Porterfield and B. White, 3rd Edition, Elsevier Mosby, 2007
(ISBN: 032303666X $40).
Essential Clinical Anatomy, Moore, K.L., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 3rd edition, 2007.
(ISBN: 078176274X  $60)
Essentials of Research Methods: A guide to social science research, Ruane, Janet,
Blackwell Publishing, 1st edition, 2005. (ISBN: 0631230491  $48)
Functional Neuroanatomy, A.K. Afifi and R. A. Bergman, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition, 2005.
(ISBN: 0071408126  $63).
Gastrointestinal Physiology, L.R. Johnson, 7th Edition, Elsevier Mosby, 2007 (ISBN:
0323033911; $40).
Handbook for Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS) ($30.00)
Histology and Cell Biology: An Introduction to Pathology, A.L. Kierszenbaum, Mosby, 2nd
Edition, 2007; (ISBN: 0323045278  $35).
The Immune System, Peter Parham 2nd. Edition, 2004, Taylor & Francis Publishers/Garland
Science (ISBN: 0815340931  $82)
Intuitive Biostatistics, Motulsky, Harvy, 1st Edition, Osford University Press, 1995 (ISBN:
0195086074  $47.00)
Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients, King, Talmadge E. Jr., &
Wheeler, Margaret B., 2007, McGraw-Hill Lange (ISBN: 0071443312  $45)
Medical Statistics: A guide to data analysis and critical appraisal, Peat, J. and Barton, B., 1st
Edition, Blaclwell Publishing, 2005 (ISBN: 0727918125  $48).
Pulmonary Physiology, M. G. Levitzky, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007 (ISBN: 0071437754;
$35).
Principles of Medical Biochemistry, Meisenberg, G. and Simmons, W.H., Mosby-Elsevier, 2nd
Edition, 2006 (ISBN: 0323029426; $66).
Rapid Interpretation of EKG’s, Dubin, Cover Publishing Company, 6th Edition, 2000. (ISBN:
0912912065 $38).
Renal Physiology, B.M. Koeppen and B.A. Stanton, 4th Edition, 2007, Elsevier Mosby, (ISBN:
0323034470; $40).
Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease, V. Kumar, A. Abbas, and N. Fausto,
Elsevier Saunders, 7th edition, 2005. (ISBN: 0721601871  $110).
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, K. Moore and T.V.N Persaud,. W.B.
Elsevier Saunders, 7th edition, 2003. (ISBN: 0721694128  $70)
Updated 03/25/08 CReney
Page 2
Year 1: Clinical Medicine 1 & 2
 Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Bickley, Lynn S., Szilagyi, Peter
G., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 9th edition rev., 2007 (ISBN:0781785197  $83) includes
Bates’ Video-“Head-to-Toe Physical Exam” (accompanying textbook). (new edition pending
12/08)

Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, Smith, Robert C., Little, Brown
and Company, 2nd edition, 2001. (ISBN: 0781732794  $35)
Year 1: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 1&2
 The D.O.s: Osteopathic Medicine in American, Norman Gevitz, The Johns Hopkins
University Press, 2nd Edition, 2004. (ISBN: 0-8018-7834-9: ~$26).
 Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine, Robert Ward (ed), American Osteopathic Association,
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2nd edition 2002. (ISBN: 0781734975  $120).
 Expanding the Osteopathic Concept - Manual, OMM Dept. TCOM (provided by the
Department)
 Glossary of Osteopathic Terminology (provided by the Department)
 Osteopathic Principles in Practice, William A. Kuchera/Michael L. Kuchera, Columbus, OH,
Greyden Press, 1994 (ISBN-13: 9781570741517  $66)
 Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine (Paperback), American College of
Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) (ISBN-13: 9781405104753  $50)
ROME STUDENTS ONLY (Rural Osteopathic Medical Education)

Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health for the Health
Professions, Kelly J. Donham and Anders Thelin, Blackwell Publishing, 2006 (ISBN:
0813818036  $99) [Note: use code AMNRHA to obtain this discounted price $80]
[www.blackwellprofessional.com, Phone orders: 1-800-862-6657]
Year 1 Cost Total: $1951
Updated 03/25/08 CReney
Page 3