BOOKLIST/ RECOMMENDED READING LIST
Junior Cycle
2012/2013
ANATOMY
1. One of the following regional anatomy texts:
Monkhouse
Ellis
Moore, Agur
Clinical Anatomy (Churchill Livingstone)
Clinical Anatomy (Blackwell)
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
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BIOCHEMISTRY
1.
2.
Absolutely essential – one or other recommended for purchase :
Champe, Harvey & Ferrier
Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews - Biochemistry (4th
edition)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Meisenberg & Simmons
PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Mosby
Additional reading :
Paul C. Engel
PAIN FREE BIOCHEMISTRY
Wiley-Blackwell
Martin Crooke
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND METABOLIC MEDICINE
Hodder Arnold
Nussbaum, McInnes, Willard
THOMPSON & THOMPSON GENETICS IN MEDICINE (6th Edition)
WB Saunders Company
Read & Donnai
New Clinical Genetics (2nd Edition)
Scion Publishing
Strachan & Read
HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS 3
Garland Science
Murray et al.
HARPER’S REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY (24th Edition)
Lange
Kumar & Clark
CLINICAL MEDICINE (5th edition)
WB Saunders
IMMUNOLOGY
Many of the Physiology Textbooks have a dedicated section for Hematopoietic and
Immune Systems. However, for the Immunology course, additional reading may be
required and links to on-line resources, where available, will be provided.
Charles Janeway et al.
Immunology
Garland Science
Available on-line from NCBI-Searchable: http://www.ncbi.nlm.gove/books/NBK10757/
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PHARMACOLOGY
Harvey
Pharmacology, International Edition (Lippincott's
Illustrated Reviews Series), 5e,( 9781451143201)
Rang HP, Dale MM, et al
Rang & Dale's Pharmacology, 7th Edition: With
STUDENT CONSULT Online Access.
Churchill Livingstone, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7020-3471-8
2 Additional reading :
Goodman and Gillman
The pharmacological basis of therapeutics by
(McGraw Hill)
Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, 5th
Edition (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series) ISBN :
1451113145
PHYSIOLOGY
Most textbooks of Medical Physiology are suitable for the core curriculum
The latest editions of the following textbooks are particularly recommended:

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

Review of Medical Physiology by William F. Ganong
Publishers: Appleton and Lange


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
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