 | Cecil Textbook of Medicine, CD-ROM by Lee Goldman MD
Buy used from: $19.99 This book is referred to as the 'medical bible'. Good for pathology and pathophysiology, treatment/management and investigations, but it is better to refer to a physiology text for normal states. Language may be difficult to understand for first years.
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 | Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Edition by Dennis L. Kasper
Buy used from: $29.78 Analagous to Cecil's, but varies slightly in its content and wording.
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 | Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body (Color Atlas of Anatomy (Rohen)) by Johannes W Rohen
Buy new: $64.90 / Used from: $47.36 Ideal for preparation for Anatomy/practical examinations. Primarily contains labelled photographs of cadavers as well as some hand-drawn drawings.
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 | Clinically Oriented Anatomy (5th Edition) by Keith L Moore
Buy used from: $14.40 Good for comprehensive anatomy, however, the language may be difficult to understand for 1st year students. Contains alot of text, and sometimes you must read through paragraphs of irrelevent text before finding the information you need.
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 | Surface Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Examination by John S. P. Lumley MS FRCS DMCC FMAA(Hon) FGA
Buy used from: $25.99 Ideal for clinical skills
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 | Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by Gerard J. Tortora
Buy new: $136.91 / Used from: $16.27 Very simple anatomy and physiology. The detail in this book is insufficient for anything beyond first year, but it serves as a good starting point and offers a simple overview of systems.
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 | Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) by Lauralee Sherwood
Buy used from: $3.95 Contains excellent mechanisms for physiology. Intermediate between Tortora and Guyton.
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 | Textbook of Medical Physiology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access by Arthur C. Guyton
Buy new: $103.70 / Used from: $72.99 Contains detailed mechanism of physiology and some mechanisms of pathophysiology. Not necessary for first year (too detailed) but I use it anyway because of its excellent mechanisms.
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 | Clinical Medicine: with STUDENT CONSULT Access by Parveen Kumar CBE BSc MD FRCP FRCP(Edin)
Buy new: $77.95 / Used from: $49.99 Analagous to cecil's and harrisons, but in less depth. Contains very basic overview of anatomy/physiology, pathology, sometimes contains pathophysiology. Good for basic viewing of treatment/management. Can be used as a 'starting point' but does not go into sufficient detail in any given area
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 | Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, Seventh Edition by Vinay Kumar
Buy used from: $34.99 Comprehensive text of pathology and pathophysiology. Generally contains good mechanisms that are too detailed for the requirements of first year (this book can be used from 1st-6th year). Sometimes, the pathophysiology is not adequately mentioned. The language may be a bit hard to understand at first for 1st year medical students.
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 | Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States by Carol Mattson Porth
Buy used from: $4.65 Contains many good mechanisms put in easy-to-understand terms. One step down from Robbins, but is good for 1st year.
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 | Pathophysiology of Heart Disease: A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty, 4th Edition
Buy new: $33.50 / Used from: $20.00 Best book for pathologies of the CVS. Good and clear mechanisms as well as explanations. Very useful in 1st year and a must-have for 2nd year.
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 | Textbook of Physical Diagnosis: History and Examination With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Textbook of Physical Diagnosis (Swartz)) by Mark H. Swartz MD FACP
Buy new: $83.58 / Used from: $40.00 Useful for clinical skills, however, not as comprehensive as Talley (does not mention some examinations we are required to do). However, this book as excellent diagrams and the CD containing videos of physical examinations is very useful
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 | Clinical Examination by Nicholas J. Talley MD PhD FACP FRACP FRCP
Buy new: $76.45 / Used from: $114.89 One step up from Swartz. Contains more content in terms of history and physical examinations, but diagrams are of a lower quality. Good to use in conjuction with Swartz.
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 | Histology: A Text and Atlas: With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology (Histology (Ross)) by Michael H Ross
Buy new: $54.50 / Used from: $35.00 A must-have for 1-3rd year medical students. Also contains some good histopathophysiology.
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 | Biology, 7th Edition (Book & CD-ROM) by Neil A. Campbell
Buy new: $152.49 / Used from: $12.00 Not useful for medical students. I only have this book because I did a bio elective, and even then, i did not refer to this book at all.
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 | Stedman's Medical Dictionary by Stedman's
Buy new: $38.00 / Used from: $16.62 Useful for interpreting texts such as Robbins and Cecil's. I found that the CD (gives you an electronic medical dictionary) is more useful than the book.
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 | Color Atlas of Physiology (Color Atlas of Physiology ( Despopoulos)) by Agamemnon Despopoulos
Buy new: $38.72 / Used from: $19.70 Good flow-charts to give a general overview of physiology. Serves as a good 'starting point' or quick reference, but does not contain all physiological mechanisms we need to know.
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 | Color Atlas of Pathophysiology by Stefan Silbernagl
Buy used from: $25.94 Very useful flow-charts of pathophysiological mechanisms, especially in Problem-Based-Learning. Serves as an excellent 'starting point' or quick reference.
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 | Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology and Microscopic Anatomy (Thieme Flexibook) by Wolfgang Kuehnel
Buy new: $40.45 / Used from: $20.99 Highly valuable in exam revision for histology and histopathology.
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 | Communications Skills in Medicine by Margaret Lloyd
Buy new: $57.95 / Used from: $55.04 Easy-to-read book but not very useful as its contents are all just 'common sense'.
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