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1.

G. J Tortora and B.H. Derrickson, Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology:

International Student Version (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) or E. N. Marieb,Essentials
of Human Anatomy & Physiology (Pearson, 2008)

2.

B. Alberts, D. Bray, K. Hopkin & A. Johnson, Essential Cell Biology (Garland,

2009)

3.

S. Nuland, How we live (Vintage, 1998)

4.

S. Nuland, How we die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter (Vintage, 1995)

5.

S. Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer(Schribner,

2011)

6.

A. Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Profile

Books, 2010)
Anatomy
*Dean MC & Pegington J. Core Anatomy for students Vol 1 The limbs & vertebral column; Vol 2
The thorax, abdomen, pelvis & perineum; Vol 3 Head and Neck; WB Saunders, 1996
Moore KL & Agur AMR. Essential Clinical Anatomy, 2nd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
2002
Drake R, Vogl W & Mitchell A, Gray's Anatomy for Students, Churchill Livingstone, 2004
Gosling JA.,Harris, P.F., et al.. Human anatomy. Colour atlas and text 4th edition, Mosby,2002
Lumley, J.S.P. Surface anatomy. 3rd edition. Churchill Livingston, 2002.
Weir J & Abrahams PH. Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy. 3rd edition, Mosby, 2003
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
*Bender DA. Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism, 3rd edition, Taylor & Francis, 2002
Champe PC, Harvey RA & Ferrier DR. Lippincotts Illustrated Reviews, Biochemistry, 3rd edition,
Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, 2005

For reference:
Baynes JW & Dominiczak MH. Medical Biochemistry, 2nd edition, Elsevier-Mosby, 2005
Elliott WH & Elliott DC. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press,
2005
Frayn KN. Metabolic Regulation: a Human Perspective, 2nd edition, Blackwell Science, 2003
Smith C, Marks AD & Lieberman M. Marks Basic Medical Biochemistry, 2nd edition, Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2005
Cancer Biology
King RJB. Cancer Biology 2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2000 [3rd edition due 2005]
Spence RAJ & Johnston PG. Oncology, Oxford University Press, 2001 (This is available in the
library but is out of print)
Clinical Skills
*Epstein O. Clinical examination, 3rd edition, Mosby 2003
*Dacre J. Handbook of clinical skills, Manson 2002 (Available online
at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/webct)
Communications Skills
*Lloyd M & Bor R. Communication skills for medicine, 2nd edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2004
Coulehan JL & Block MR. The medical interview: mastering skills for clinical practice, 4th edition,
FA Davis Company, 2001
Myerscough PR & Ford M. Talking with Patients : keys to good communication, 3rd edition,
Oxford University Press, 1996
Community-Orientated Medicine
(This is a part of your learning that is primarily based on experience rather than reading.
However, you will find the following books & web sites supportive of this learning)
Helman, CG. Culture, Health & Illness 4th edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000
Henley A & Schott J. Culture, Religion and Patient Care in a Multi-Ethnic Society, Age Concern
Books, 1999
http://cindex.camden.gov.uk/ (Website of Camden Council Use Cindex database for details of
6000+ services)
http://www.disability.gov.uk/ (a UK government Web site)
http://www.lmca.org.uk/ (the Web site of the Long Term Medical Conditions Alliance)
http://www.who.int/en/ (the World Health Organisation Web site)
Developmental Biology:
Your main learning tool will be The Embryonic Disk, a Windows application available free in UCL
cluster-rooms and at low cost on CD-ROM for use off-campus for details,
see http://www.embryonic-disk.org
For reference:
*Carlson BM. Human Embryology & Developmental Biology, Mosby, 3rd edition, 2004
or *Larsen WJ. Essentials of Human Embryology, Churchill Livingstone, 1998
or Larsen WJ. Human Embryology, Churchill Livingstone, 3rd edition, 2001
or Wolpert L. Principles of Development 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2002
Endocrine Systems & Regulation
*Brook C & Marshall NJ. Essential Endocrinology 4th edition, Blackwell Science, 2001
For reference:
Baulieu E-E & Kelly PA (Eds). Hormones: From Molecules to Disease, Chapman & Hall, 1990
Epidemiology
Beaglehole R, Bonita R & Kjellstrom T. Basic Epidemiology, WHO, 1993
Coggon D, Rose G & Barker DJP. Epidemiology for the uninitiated, 5th edition, BMJ Publishing
Group, 2003 (4th edition available on line at http://www.bmj.com/collections/epidem/epid.shtml)

Ethics & Law

*Hope T, Savulescu J & Hendrick J. Medical Ethics and Law: the core curriculum, Churchill
Livingstone, 2003 (A good all-purpose background & reference book) 23
Stauch M, Wheat K & Tingle, J. Sourcebook of Medical Law, 2nd edition, Cavendish, 2002
Kennedy I & Grubb A. Medical Law, 3rd edition, Butterworth, 2000
Brazier M. Medicine, Patients and the Law, 3rd edition, Penguin, 2003
Glover J. Causing death and saving lives, Penguin, 1990
Singer P. Practical ethics, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 1993
Department of Health Consent information and forms http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
Evaluation of Evidence
*Petrie A & Sabin C. Medical statistics at a glance, 2nd edition, Blackwell Science, 2005
Bland M. An introduction to medical statistics, 3rd edition, Oxford Medical, 2000
Campbell MJ. Medical statistics: a commonsense approach, 3rd edition, Wiley, 1999 [4th edition
due 2006]
Straus SE, et al, Evidence Based Medicine, 3rd edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2005
Genetics
Mange EJ & Mange AP. Basic human genetics, 2nd edition, Sinauer Associates, 1999
Strachan T & Read AP. Human molecular genetics, 3rd edition, Garland Press, 2004 Turnpenny
P & Ellard S. Emery's elements of medical genetics, 12th edition, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone,
2005
Health Promotion
Naidoo J & Wills J. Health Promotion: Foundations for Practice, 2nd edition, Bailliere Tindall,
2000
Ewles L & Simnett I. Promoting health: A practical guide, 5th edition, Bailliere Tindall, 2002
Histology
Young B & Heath JW. Wheaters Functional Histology, 4th edition, Churchill-Livingstone, 2000
The 4th edition includes a CD ROM, but a second hand copy of the 2nd or 3rd edition will serve
you perfectly well
Ross MH, Kaye GI & Pawlina W. Histology: a text & atlas, 4th edition, Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins [5th edition due 2005]
Immunology:
Lydyard P, Whelan A & Fanger MF. Instant Notes in Immunology, 2nd edition, Bios Scientific
Publisher, 2003
Playfair JHL & Lydyard PM. Medical Immunology Made Memorable, Churchill Livingstone, 2000
Mechanisms of Drug Action
*Rang, HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM & Moore PK. Pharmacology, 5th edition, Churchill Livingstone,
2003
Waller GD,. Renwick AG & Hillier K. Medical pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2nd edition, WB
Saunders, 2005
Lullmann H, Mohr K, Ziegler A & Bieger D. Color Atlas of Pharmacology, Thieme, 2000 [3rd
edition due 2005]
Neal MJ. Medical Pharmacology at a glance, 4th Edition, Blackwell Science, 2002 [5th edition
due 2005]
Microbiology
Timbury MC, McCartney AC, Thakker B & Ward KN. Notes on Medical Microbiology, Churchill
Livingstone, 2002
Gillespie SH & Bamford KB. Medical Microbiology & Infection at a Glance, 2nd edition, Blackwell
Science, 2003
Neuroscience
*Kingsley RE. Concise Text of Neuroscience, 2nd edition. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2000

Bear MF, Connors,BW & Paradiso MA. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 2nd edition,
Lippicott,Williams & Wilkins, 2001 (non-clinical - useful neuroscience background) [3rd edition
due 2006]
Psychology
Baum A, Newman S, Weinman J, West R & McManus C. Cambridge Handbook of Psychology,
Health & Disease, Cambridge University Press, 1997
Kent G & Dalgleish M. Psychology & Medical Care, 3rd Ed, Bailliere-Tindall, 1996 (This is
available in the library but is out of print)
Physiology
*Pocock G & Richards CD. Human Physiology the Basis of Medicine, 2nd edition Oxford
University Press, 2004
Widmaier, E. P., et al. Vander, Sherman and Luciano's Human Physiology, 9th edition. Boston,
McGraw Hill, 2004
Levy MN, Koeppen BM & Stanton BA. Berne & Levy Principles of Physiology 4th edition, Mosby,
2005 (due for publication in October)
Davies A, Blakeney AGH & Kidd C. Human Physiology, Churchill-Livingstone, 2001
For reference:
Abelow B. Understanding acid-base, Williams & Wilkins, 1998
West JB Respiratory Physiology : the essentials, 7th Edition Lippincott, 2005
Davies A & Moores C The Respiratory System: Basic science and clinical conditions. ChurchillLivingstone, 2003
Field M, Pollock C & Harris, D, The Renal System: Basic science and clinical conditions.
Churchill-Livingstone, 2001
Noble A, Johnson R, Thomas A & Bass P The cardiovascular System: Basic science and clinical
conditions. Churchill-Livingstone, 2005
Johnson LR. Gastrointestinal Physiology, 6th edition, Mosby, 2000
Kindlen S, Physiology for Health Care and Nursing, 2nd edition Churchill Livingstone, 2003 is
recommended for those students with a limited background in biology but would not be suitable
for the more in depth material.
Pathology
Lakhani, SR, Dilly, SA, & Finlayson, CJ Basic Pathology: An Introduction to the Mechanisms of
Disease, 3rd edition, Edward Arnold, 2003
Lydyard, P, Lakhani, SR et al Pathology Integrated an A-Z of Disease & its Pathogenesis,
Edward Arnold, 2000
Woolf, N Cell, Tissue & Disease: the Basis of Pathology, 3rd Edition, WB Saunders, 2000
Sociology
*Scambler, G (Ed) Sociology as Applied to Medicine, 5th Edition, WB Saunders, 2003
Reproductive Biology
Johnson MH & Everitt BJ. Essential reproduction, 5th edition, Blackwell, 2000
Porterfield SP. Endocrine physiology, 2nd edition, Mosby, 2001