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Texts for years 1 - 4

The texts for recommended readings are available from the UQ Library and the PBL Rooms.


Acute Care Skills

Brown AFT, Cadogan. MD. Emergency medicine : emergency and acute medicine : diagnosis and management 5th ed. London: Hodder Arnold; 2006.

Cameron P. Textbook of adult emergency medicine. 2nd ed. Edinburgh ; Sydney: Churchill Livingstone; 2004.
New edition publishing May 2009

Davies NJH, Cashman JN. Lee's synopsis of anaesthesia. 13th ed. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann; 2005.

Fulde GWO, editor. Emergency medicine : the principles of practice. 4th ed. Sydney: Elsevier Australia; 2004.
New edition due May 2009

Soni N, Bersten AD, Oh TE. Oh's intensive care manual. 6th ed. Edinburgh: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2008.

 

Anatomy

Agur AMR, Grant JCB, Dalley AF. Grant's atlas of anatomy. 12th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.

Drake RL. Gray's anatomy for students. 1st ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2005.
New edition due March 2009

Moore KL, Agur AMR. Essential clinical anatomy. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.

Moore KL, Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Clinically oriented anatomy. 5th ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.
New edition due February 2009

Rohen JW, Yokochi C, Lutjen-Drecoll E. Color atlas of anatomy : a photographic study of the human body. 6th ed. Stuttgart Baltimore: Schattauer ; Williams & Wilkins; 2006.

Snell RS. Clinical anatomy by systems. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007.

Snell RS. Clinical anatomy by regions. 8th ed. Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.
New edition due April 2009

 

Anatomy - Embryology

Sadler TW. Langman's medical embryology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.

 

Anatomy - Histology

Eroschenko VP, Fiore MSH. Di Fiore's atlas of histology with functional correlations. 11th ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.

Stevens A, Lowe JS. Human histology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia ;: Elsevier/Mosby ;; 2005.
New edition due March 2010

Stevens A, Wheater PR. Wheater's basic histopathology : a colour atlas and text. 4th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2002.
New edition due december 2009

Young B. Wheater's functional histology : a text and colour atlas. 5th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2006.

 

Biochemistry

Baynes JW, Dominiczak MH. Medical biochemistry. 2nd ed. London ; New York: Mosby; 2005.

Champe PC, Harvey RA, Ferrier DR. Biochemistry. 4th ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008. (Lippincotts' illustrated reviews.).

Garrett RH, Grisham CM. Biochemistry. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole; 2005.

Lehninger AL, Nelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger principles of biochemistry. 5th ed. New York: W.H. Freeman; 2008.

Marshall WJ, Bangert SK. Clinical chemistry. 6th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Mosby; 2008.

Mathews CK, Ahern KG, Van Holde KE. Biochemistry. 3rd ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Benjamin Cummings : Addison-Wesley Longman; 2000.
New edition due 2010

Voet D, Voet JG. Biochemistry. 3rd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley & Sons;2004.h

 

Cell Biology

Alberts B. Molecular biology of the cell. 5th ed. New York: Garland Science; 2008.

Lodish HF. Molecular cell biology. 6th ed. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company; 2008.

 

Ear Nose and Throat

Bull PD. Diseases of the ear, nose and throat. 10th ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub.; 2007. (Lecture notes on.).

 

Ethics

Kerridge IH, Lowe M, McPhee J. Ethics and law for the health professions. 2nd ed. Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press; 2005.
New edition due February 2009

MacFarlane PJM, Queensland. Queensland Health. Queensland health law handbook. Brisbane, Qld.: [Goprint for Queensland Health]. (This title is out of print and is available at the library)

Skene L. Law and medical practice : rights, duties, claims and defences. 3rd ed. Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths; 2008.

 

General Practice

Khot A, Polmear A. Practical general practice : guidelines for effective clinical management. 5th. Butterworth-Heinemann; 2006;

Murtagh J. Practice tips. 5th ed. Macquarie Park, N.S.W.: McGraw-Hill; 2008.

Murtagh J. Patient education. 5th ed. Macquarie Park, N.S.W.: McGraw-Hill; 2008.

Murtagh J. John Murtagh's general practice. 4th ed. ed. Sydney: McGraw-Hill; 2007.

Rosser WW, Slawson D, Shaughnessy AF. Evidence-based family medicine. 2nd ed. Hamilton: B.C. Decker; 2004. (Information mastery.).

Strauss SE, Richardson WS, Glasziou P, Haynes RB. Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM. 3rd ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone; 2005. New edition due 2010

 

Law

Kerridge IH, Lowe M, McPhee J. Ethics and law for the health professions. 2nd ed. Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press; 2005.

MacFarlane PJM, Queensland. Queensland Health. Queensland health law handbook. Brisbane, Qld.: [Goprint for Queensland Health].

Skene L. Law and medical practice : rights, duties, claims and defences. 3rd ed. Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths; 2008.

 

Medical - General

Kumar PJ, Clark ML. Kumar & Clark clinical medicine. 6th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: W.B. Saunders; 2005.

 

Medical Genetics

Gelehrter TD, Collins FS, Ginsburg D. Principles of medical genetics. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1998.
(This title is out of print and is available at the library)

Nussbaum RL, editor. Thompson & Thompson genetics in medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2007.

Price HJ, Snustad DP. Study guide and problems workbook : [to accompany] Principles of genetics. fourth edition, [by] D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley; 2006.

Snustad DP, Simmons MJ. Principles of genetics. 4th ed. ed. New York: John Wiley; 2006.
New edition due February 2009

Turnpenny PD, Ellard S, Emery AEH, Mueller RF. Emery's elements of medical genetics. 13th ed. London: W. B. Saunders; 2007.

 

Medicine - Clinical Skills

Bickley LS, Szilagyi PG. Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007.

McGee SR. Evidence-based physical diagnosis. St. Louis, Mo: Saunders/Elsevier; 2007.

Talley NJ, O'Connor S. Clinical examination : a systematic guide to physical diagnosis. 5th ed. London: Elsevier; 2005.

 

Medicine - General

Axford JS, O'Callaghan C. Medicine. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub.; 2004.

Boon NA, editor. Davidson's principles and practice of medicine. 20th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2006.

Souhami RL, Moxham J. Textbook of medicine. 4th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2002.

 

Medicine - Internal Medicine

Harrison TR, Fauci, AS. Harrison's principles of internal medicine. 17th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division; 2008.

Kasper DL, Harrison TR. Harrison's manual of medicine. 16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division; 2005.
New Edition due May 2009

Longmore JM. Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. 6th ed. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press; 2007.

 

Microbiology

Goering RV, editor. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis, Mo. ; London: Mosby; 2008.

Janeway CA. Immunobiology : the immune system in health and disease. 7th ed. New York: Garland Science/Churchill Livingstone; 2008.

 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Abraham S, Oats J, Llewellyn-Jones D. Llewellyn-Jones fundamentals of obstetrics and gynaecology. 8th ed. London: Elsevier Mosby; 2005.

Beischer NA, Mackay EV, Colditz P. Obstetrics and the newborn : an illustrated textbook. 3rd ed. London: W.B. Saunders; 1997.

Finn M. Women's health : a core curriculum. Marrickville, N.S.W.: Elsevier Australia; 2005.

Goh J, Flynn M. Examination obstetrics & gynaecology. 2nd ed. Marrickville, N.S.W.: Elsevier Australia; 2004.

Humphrey MD. The obstetrics manual. Rev. ed. Sydney: McGraw Hill; 1999. (This title is out of print and is available at the library)

O'Connor V, Kovacs G. Obstetrics, gynaecology, and women's health. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2003.

 

Online Health

Coiera E. Guide to health informatics. 2nd ed. London: Arnold; 2003.

 

Ophthalmology

James B, Chew C, Bron AJ. Lecture notes. Ophthalmology. 10th ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub.; 2007.

Kanski JJ. Clinical ophthalmology : a synopsis. Edinburgh ; London: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2004.
New edition due June 2009

Pane AR, Simcock P. Practical ophthalmology : a survival guide for doctors and optometrists. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2005.

Vaughan D, Riordan-Eva P, Asbury T. Vaughan and Ashbury's General ophthalmology. 17th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2007.

 

Orthopaedics

McRae R. Clinical orthopaedic examination. 5th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2004.
New edition due 2011

McRae R, Esser M. Practical fracture treatment. 5th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2008.

Meals RA. One hundred orthopaedic conditions every doctor should understand. St. Louis, Mo.: Quality Medical Pub.; 2006.

Solomon L, Warwick D, Nayagam S, Apley AG. Apley's concise system of orthopaedics and fractures. 3rd ed. London: Arnold; 2005.

 

Palliative Care

Therapeutic guidelines : palliative care. 2nd ed. North Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines; 2005.

Woodruff R. Palliative medicine : evidence-based symptomatic and supportive care for patients with advanced cancer. 4th ed. ed. Melbourne :: Oxford University Press,; 2004.

 

Pathology

Kumar V, Abbas AK. Robbins & Cotran pathologic basis of disease. 7th ed: Elsevier; 2004.
New edition due April 2009

Mitchell R, Kumar V, Fausto N, Abbas AK. Pocket companion to Robbins Pathologic basis of disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2006.
New edition due February 2010

Lakhani SR. Basic pathology : an introduction to the mechanisms of disease. 3rd ed. London: Arnold; 2003.
New edition due April 2009

Robbins SL, Kumar V, Cotran RS. Robbins basic pathology. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2007.

Rubin R, Strayer DS, Rubin E, McDonald JM. Rubin's pathology : clinicopathologic foundations of medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.

Underwood JCE. General and systematic pathology. 4th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2004.

 

Paediatrics

Hay WW. Current diagnosis & treatment, pediatrics 19th ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill; 2009.

Hutson JM, [et al.] editors. Jones' clinical paediatric surgery : diagnosis and management 6th ed. Carlton, Vic. : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Illingsworth, RS. Development of the infant and young child : normal and abnormal 9th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1987.

Levene MI, Tudehope DI, Thearle MJ. Essentials of neonatal medicine. 4th ed. Malden, MA ; Oxford: Blackwell Science; 2008.

Kliegman RM, editor. Nelson textbook of pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2007.

Moyer VA, Elliott EJ, Gilbert R, [et. al.] editors. Evidence-based pediatrics and child health. 2nd ed. London : BMJ Books, 2004.

Roberton DM, South. M. Practical paediatrics. 6th ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Churchill Livingstone; 2007.

Rudolph CD, Rudolph AM. Rudolph's pediatrics. 21st / ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division; 2003.
New Edition due November 2009

 

Pharmacology

Mims. Crows Nest, N.S.W.

Golan DE. Principles of pharmacology : the pathophysiologic basis of drug therapy / [edited by] David E. Golan, editor-in-chief ... [et al.]. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health; 2008.

Goodman LS, Gilman A, Brunton LL, Lazo JS, Parker K. Goodman & Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 11th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2005.

Katzung BG. Basic & clinical pharmacology 10th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2007.

Rang HP, Dale MM. Pharmacology. 6th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2007.

 

Physiology

Ganong WF. Review of medical physiology. 22nd ed. New York: Lange medical Books/McGraw-Hill; 2005.
New edition due May 2009

Guyton AC, Hall JE. Textbook of medical physiology. 11th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2006.
New edition due in March 2010

Rhoades R, Pflanzer RG. Human physiology. 4th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif. London: Thomson Learning :
Brooks/Cole; 2003.

Sherwood L. Human physiology : from cells to systems. 6th ed. Belmont, Calif.: Thomson/Brooks/Cole; 2007.

 

Psychiatry

Bloch S, Chodoff P, Green SA. Psychiatric ethics. 3rd ed. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press; 1999.
New edition due January 2009

Fadem B, Simring SS. Psychiatry recall. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004.
New edition due April 2009

Bloch S, Singh B. Foundations of clinical psychiatry. 3rd ed. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press; 2007.


Hales RE, Yudofsky SC. Essentials of clinical psychiatry. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub.; 2004.

Sadock BJ. Kaplan & Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry : behavioral sciences, clinical psychiatry. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007.


Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Kaplan HI, editors. Kaplan & Sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005. New edition due April 2009

 

Public health

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health. A.G.P.S.

Germov J. Second opinion : an introduction to health sociology. 3rd ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press; 2005.

Heymann DL, editor. Control of communicable diseases manual. 18th ed. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association; 2004.
New Edition Due Oct 2008

Palmer GR, Short SD. Health care & public policy : an Australian analysis. 3rd ed. South Yarra, Vic.: Macmillan Publishers Australia; 2000.
New edition due November 2008

Farmer R, Lawrenson R. Lecture notes on epidemiology and public health medicine. 5th ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub.; 2004.

 

Radiology

Erkonen WE, Smith WL. Radiology 101 : the basics and fundamentals of imaging. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.

Novelline RA, Squire LF. Squire's fundamentals of radiology. 6th ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; 2004.

Scally P. Medical imaging. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press; 1999. (Oxford core texts.) (This title is out of print and is available at the library)

 

Rural Medicine

Liaw, S-T, Kilpatrick, S. A textbook of Australian rural health, Australian Rural Health Education Network;2008

Hutten-Czapski P, Magee G, Wootton J. Manual of rural Practice. Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, Shawville, Quebec; 2006.

Pfenninger JL, Fowler GC. Pfenninger and Fowler's procedures for primary care. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2003.
New edition due August 2009 

Smith JD. Australia's rural and remote health : a social justice perspective. 2nd ed. Croydon, Vic.: Tertiary Press; 2007.

White GM. Color atlas of dermatology. 3rd ed. Edinburgh ; New York: Mosby; 2004.

 

Surgery

Bailey H, Lumley JSP. Hamilton Bailey's Physical signs : demonstrations of physical signs in clinical surgery. 18th ed. Oxford, [England]: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1997. (This title is out of print and is available at the library)

Browse NL, Black J. Browse's introduction to the symptoms & signs of surgical disease. 4th ed: Hodder; 2005.

Brunicardi FC, Schwartz SI. Schwartz's principles of surgery. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Health Pub. Division; 2005.
New edition due February 2009

Doherty GM. Current surgical diagnosis and treatment. 12th ed: McGraw Hill; 2006.

Scott PR, Williamson RCN, Waxman BP. An aid to clinical surgery. 6th / ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1998. (This title is out of print and is available at the library)

Tanagho EA, McAninch JW. Smith's general urology. 17th ed. New York London: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill; 2007.

Tjandra JJ. Textbook of surgery. 2nd / ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell 2006.

Townsend CM, Sabiston DC. Sabiston textbook of surgery : the biological basis of modern surgical practice. 18th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2008.

Way LW, Doherty GM. Current surgical diagnosis & treatment. 12th ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill; 2006.

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