MEDICAL SPECIALTIES



BOLD TYPE ARE HEAVILY RECOMMENDED

1. RECEPTION/ADMINISTRATION (1)

|1-REC |Reception |

|1-SEC |Secretarial (see also REFERENCE for dictionaries) |

| |The Medical Secretary’s Handbook by Stephanie Green |

| |The Medical Secetary's and Receptionist's Handbook by Collin Drury |

2. NURSING (2)

|2-NURS |General Nursing |

| |Wound Management – theory and practice Miller and Glover |

|2-PN |Practice Nursing |

| |Bolden and Takle’s Practice Nurse Handbook by Gillian Hampson |

|2-DN |District Nursing |

|2-HV |Health Visitor |

3. BUSINESS OF GENERAL PRACTICE/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (1)

Inc. books on Practice Manager

|3-BUS |BUSINESS OF GENERAL PRACTICE |

| |Helping Doctors who Manage by Judith Riley |

| |The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard |

| |PRINGLE: Managing Change in Primary Care (1991) |

| |DRURY: New Practice Manager (1991) |

| |ELLIS N: Employing Staff (1994) |

| |Handbook of Practice Management, by Hasler, Bysland et at |

4&5 MEDICAL STUDENTS (1)

4. CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND HISTORY TAKING

|4-HxEx |History Taking & Clinical Examination |

| |Hutchinson's Clinical Methods by Michael Swash (Editor), Robert Hutchison |

| |Lecture Notes on History Taking and Examination by R. Turner, R. Blackwood |

| |Lecture Notes on Clinical Skills (Lecture Notes) by Robert C Turner |

5. BASIC SCIENCES (1)

|5-ANAT |Anatomy |

| |Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students , Richard S. Snell |

| |Essential Clinical Anatomy , Keith Moore, A.M.R. Agur |

|5-BIOCH |Biochemistry |

| |Basic Medical Biochemistry by Dawn B., Phd Marks, Allan, MD Marks |

|5-MICRO |Microbiology |

| |Medical Microbiology and Infection at a Glance by Stephen Gillespie, Kathleen Bamford |

|5-PATH |Pathology |

| |Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy!) by Nancy L Caroline |

|5-PHYS |Physiology |

| |Anatomy and Physiology Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy!) by Springhouse, Springhouse Corporation (Unknown) |

6. PRHO (1)

|6-PRHO |House Officer/Internship Books |

| |A Handbook for Housemen by David, MB BS Baldwin, Keith, MB BS DGM DRCOG MRCGP Hopcroft |

7. DIAGNOSTICS/LAB TESTS (1)

|7-CHEM |Chemical Pathology |

| |Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation by Drew Provan |

| |Pathaid (1996) – don’t know if these are still available but they are excellent! |

|7-ECG |ECG |

| |ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy!) by Springhouse, Springhouse Corporation (Unknown) |

| |The ECG Made Easy by John Hampton |

| |The ECG in Practice by John Hampton |

| |A Clinical Approach to Electrocardiography Colquhoun 1993 |

|7-RADIOL |Radiology (X-ray, USS etc) |

| |Clinical Radiology for Medical Students by Evans |

| |ABC of Emergency Radiology (ABC Series) by D. Nicholson (Editor), P. Driscoll (Editor) |

8. THERAPEUTICS (1)

(excluding pharmacology – basic sciences)

|8-THERA |Therapeutics & Prescribing |

9. GENERAL PRACTICE (2)

|9-GP |General resources for general practice |

| |Including specialised GP books (GPs with a Special Interest) |

| |Practice Tips by John Murtagh |

| |The Family Practice Desk Reference by Charles Driscoll |

| |General Practice by John Murtagh |

| |Common Conditions (Colour Guides) by Michael Mead |

| |Evidence Based Medicine in General Practice (Key Topics) by D McGovern |

| |Churchill’s Pocketbook General Practice by Simon Cartwright |

| |Symptom Sorter by Keith Hopcroft |

| |Practical General Practice by Khot |

| |The Minor Illness Manual by Gina Johnson |

| |Clinical Method: a general practice approach by Robin Fraser |

| |Oxford Handbook of General Practice by Chantal Simon |

| |Top Tips for GPs: a beginner’s guide to general practice by John Valentine |

| |The Mystery of General Practice: The 3rd John Fry Trust Fellowship Monograph by Iona Heath |

| |Developing a Unified Patient Record – a practical guide by Yvonne Baker |

| |Doctors dilemmas decisions by Essex |

| |On Call – out of hours, telephone calls and home visit by Knox 1989 |

| |FRY: Common Diseases |

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10. CONSULTATION SKILLS (1)

|10-CONS |Books on “The Consultation” |

| |Consulting with NLP by Ian McDermott |

| |INTRODUCING NLP Joseph O'Connor and John Seymour |

| |THE PRINCIPLES OF NLP; Joseph O’Connor & Ian McDermott |

| |Consulting with NLP by Lewis Walker |

| |The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice by John Coulehan |

| |Telephone Medicine: Triage and Training, by Harvey Katz |

| |Patient Centred Interviewing by Robert Smith |

| |The Fifteen Minute Hour: Applied psychotherapy for the Primary Care Physician by Robert Rakel |

| |Talking with patients by Eric J Cassell |

| |Counselling skills for Doctors by AH Crisp |

| |Understanding the Consultation Evidence, Theory and Practice by Tim Usherwood |

| |A little book of doctor’s rules by CK Meador |

| |Field Guide to the Difficult Patient Interview by Frederic Platt |

| |Doctors Talking to Patients by PS Byrne |

| |New Consultation: Developing Doctor-Patient Communication by David Pendleton |

| |The Inner Consultation by Roger Neighbour |

| |Doctor, His Patient and the Illness by Michael Balint |

| |The Doctor’s Communication Handbook by Peter Tate |

| |Skills for communicating with patients by Silverman |

| |Games People Play by Eric Berne |

| |Mutative metaphors in psychotherapy – the Aeolian mode by Cox and Theilgaard |

| |IRRESISTIBLE COMMUNICATION - creating skills for the health professional King. Novi k. Otrenbaum. |

| |TEACHING INTERPERSONAL SKILLS - A handbook of experiential learning for health professionals. Philip Burnard. |

| |Published by Chapman and Hall. |

11. NARRATIVE BASED MEDICINE(1)

|What Are You Feeling Doctor?: Identifying and Avoiding Defensive Patterns in Consultation , Lesley Southgate (Foreword), John Salinsky |

|Rx for the Soul: Moments from a Physician’s Practice that Bring Inspiration and Encouragement by David Wilhelm |

|Tony Copperfield’s Primary Care Scream by Tony Copperfield |

|Narrative-based Primary Care: a practical guide by Trisha Greenhalgh and Hurwitz |

|The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle (an insight into raw humanity) |

|Doctor Stories by Richard Selzer (good read but a bit American) |

|The Blood of Strangers by Frank Huyler |

|Some Lives: A G.P.'s East End   by David Widgery |

|A leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks |

|Before I say Goodbye by Ruth Picardie |

|“C” by John Diamond |

|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominc Bauby |

|It’s not about the bike by Lance Armstrong |

|The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett (a challenge in the care of the elderly) |

|Doctors and their patients by Cecil Holman (includes doctors stories as well as patients) |

|The Empty Raincoat by Charles Handy |

|The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy |

|THE TAO OF POOH Benjamin Hoff. |

|Profound Simplicty by Will Schultz |

|The House of God by Samuel Shem |

|Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki |

|Kilo by MY Alam |

12. GP REGISTRAR (1)

|The successful GP Registrar’s Companion: Preparing, Practising, perfecting by Joe Rosenthal |

|The GP Registrar Survival Guide by WM Abrams |

|Tutorials in General Practice by Michael Mead |

|Milestones the diary of a trainee GP by Peter Stott 1983 |

13. MRCGP & SA (1)

|Case Presentations and MCQs for the MRCGP by Antonio Chuh |

|Practice Papers for the MRCGP Written Paper 1 by Robert Daniels |

|MRCGP: Multiple Choice Revision Book by Peter Ellis |

|Get through MRCGP: New MCQ module by Una Coales |

|Hot Topics for the MRCGP Oral Exam by P. Naidoo |

|Notes for the MRCGP by K.T.Palmer |

|Practice Papers for the MRCGP Written Paper 1 by Robert Daniels, G. Neumegen, P. Acheson |

|Critical Reading Questions for the MRCGP by E. Stacey, Y., MD Toun |

|Answer Plans for the MRCGP by J. Kilburn |

|Modified Essay Questions for the MRCGP Examination by T. Stuart Murray (Editor) |

|Hot Topics for MRCGP and General Practitioners by Rupal Shah |

|MRCGP: Approaching the Modular Examination by John Sandars, Louise Newson |

|Therapeutic Dilemmas for the MRCGP by Roger Charlton, J.C. Mucklow |

|The MRCGP Examination Book by R. Moore |

|MRCGP: Preparation and Passing by John Ferguson |

|Hot Topics for MRCGP by Louise Newson, Ash Patel |

|The Complete MRCGP Study Guide by Steve Field (Foreword), Sarah Gear |

14. OTHER EXAM BOOKS (1)

15. TRAINING & EDUCATION (2)

|Professional Practice in Health Education and the Creative Arts by Joy Higgs |

|Teaching, Assessing and Evaluation for Clinical Competence by Mary Neary |

|The GP Trainers’ Handbook by Peter Middleton |

|Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in medicine by Kurtz |

|The Mind Map Book by Tony and Barry Buzan |

|ONCE UPON A GROUP M. Kindred (available from the author direct!) 20 Dover Street, Southwell, Notts. NG25 OE2. ISBN 0-9512552-0-7 |

|EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION George Brown and Madeleine Atkins. Published by Routledge. ISBN 0-415-03675-5 |

|McEVOY: Educating the Future GP (1993) Radcliffe |

|Groups – a guide to small group work by Elwyn |

|The General practice Jigsaw edited by Stephen Field |

|Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder |

|Emotional Intelligence by Goleman |

|THE FACILITATORS HANDBOOK John Heron. Published by Kogan Page. ISBN 0-74940010-2 |

|GAMESTERS HANDBOOKS ONE AND TWO. D. Brandes. Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Limited, Cheltenham. ISBN 0-7487-0322-5 |

|MANUAL OF LEARNING STYLES P. Honey and A. Mumford |

|LEARNING IN GROUPS David Jacques. Published by Kogan |

|UNDERSTANDING AND FACILITATING ADULT LEARNING. Stephen Brookfield. |

|FACILITATING GROUPS IN PRIMARY CARE - A manual for team members; Marion Duffy & Elaine Griffin |

|TEACHING SKILLS IN FURTHER AND ADULT EDUCATION Davind Minton. Published by MacMillan. |

|SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING Malcolm Knowles. |

|Self-Directed Learning, Hammond M, Collins R |

|Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Schon DA |

|The Theory of Learners, Cotton J |

|A Handbook for Medical Teachers, 3rd edition, Newble and Cannon |

|Feelings and Personhood, Heron J |

|Teaching Made Easy, by Chambers R and Wall D |

16. MEDICAL SPECIALTIES (5)

|16-A&E |Accident & Emergency |

|16-CARD |Cardiology (ECGs under DIAGNOSTICS) |

|16-DERM |Dermatology |

| |Levene's Colour Atlas of Dermatology by White |

| |Diabeteology –see endocrinology |

|16-ELD |Elderly Medicine (Geriatrics) |

|16-ENDO |Endocrinology including diabeteology |

|16-GAST |Gastroenterology |

|16-GEN |Genertics |

|16-MED |General Medicine |

| |Clinical Medicine: A Textbook for Medical Students and Doctors by Parveen Kumar, Michael Clark |

| |Pocket Essentials: Clinical medicine by Ballinger Saunders |

| |Geriatrics – see Elderly Medicine |

|16-HAEM |Haematology |

| |HOFFBRAND & PETTIT: Essential Haematology (1993) |

|16-INFEC |Infectious Diseases incl AIDS &Travel Medicine |

|16-NEUR |Neurology |

| |Epilepsy in Primary Care by Linda Baddeley |

| |Neurology What shall I do by Thomas |

| |WILKINSON: Essential Neurology (1993) |

| |Oncology – see Palliative Medicine |

|16-PAEDS |Paediatrics |

| |From Birth to Five Years by Mary Sheridon |

| |A Paediatric Vade-mecum by Jack Insley (Editor), Richard George (Editor) |

| |Paediatric Formulary: Guy's,St.Thomas' and Lewisham Hospitals Paediatric Formulary |

| |Health for All Children: Report of the 3rd Joint Working Party on Child Surveillance by David M.B. Hall |

|16-PALL |Palliative Medicine/Oncology |

| |On the Death of a Child by Celia Hindmarch |

| |A-Z Pocketbook of Symptom Control by Peter Kaye |

| |Palliative Care Formulary by Robert Twycross, Andrew Wilcock, Sarah Charlesworth, Andrew Dickman |

| |Care of the Dying: A Pathway to Excellence by John Ellershaw (Editor), Susie Wilkinson (Editor), Dame Cicely Saunders |

| |(Foreword) |

| |The Dying Process by Julia Lawton |

| |Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer by Robert Twycross |

| |A Guide to symptom relief in advanced cancer by Regnard |

|16-PSYC |Psychiatry |

| |The Bethlem and Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines by David Taylor |

| |The Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry by David Goldberg |

| |Psychotropic Drug Directory by Stephen Bazire |

| |Pocket Psychiatry by Bhui |

| |Hughes Outline of Modern Psychiatry by Barraclogh |

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|16-REN |Renal Medicine |

|16-RESP |Respiratory Medicine |

| |Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in primary Care by David Bellamy |

|16-RHEUM |Rheumatology |

| |BMJ: ABC of Rheumatology |

17. SURGICAL SPECIALTIES (2)

|17-ENT |ENT (Otorhinolaryngology) |

| |MARAN: Nose, Throat and Ear (1988) Butterworth |

| |Updated ENT by Brown |

|17-SUR |General Surgery |

|17-OPHTH |Ophthalmology |

| |Colour guide ophthalmology by Kanski |

| |LOAKES: Outline of Ophthalmology (1995) Butterworth |

| |BMJ: ABC of Ophthalmology |

| |PHILLIPS: Basic Clinical Ophthalmology |

|17-ORTHO |Orthopaedics |

| |NEWELL: Orthopaedic Disorders in General Practice |

|17-SPORTS |Musculoskeletal & Sports Medicine |

| |ABC OF Sports Medicine by McLatchie |

|17-UROL |Urology |

18. MINOR SURGERY (1)

|18-MSURG |Minor Surgery |

| |A Guide to Joint Injection Techniques by Canoso from “Rheumatology” second Ed Klippel and Dieppe |

| |Joint and Soft Tissue Injection by Trevor Silver |

| |BROWN: Minor Surgery |

19. MEN, WOMEN & SEXUAL HEALTH (1)

|19-FP |Family Planning |

| |Contraception : your questions answered by Guillebaud |

| |Contraception Today: Pocketbook by John Guillebaud |

|19-O&G |Obstetrics & Gynaecology |

| |Womens Health: Primary Care Clinical Guide by Youngkin |

| |MASH: Women’s Problems |

| |The Complete DRCOG: OSCEs, MCQs and Revision Notes by MJ McCormack |

| |Key Topics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by Slade |

|19-MEN |Men’s Health |

| |Men’s Health by Kirby |

|19-SEX |Sexual Health & STDs (genitor-urinary medicine) |

| |Sex-lives and Videotape: sexual history taking in primary care by Phillippa Matthews |

20. TRAVEL MEDICINE & INFECTIOUS DISEASE (1) incl AIDS & Imms

|20-IMMS |Immunization: Childhood and Traveller’s Health by George Kassianos |

| |International Travel and Health Vaccination Requirements by WHO |

|20-TRAV |Travel Medicine |

|20-INFEC |Infectious Diseases |

| |BROOK et al: Guide to Infectious Diseases (1991) Radcliffe |

|20-AIDS |AIDS |

21. HEALTH PROMOTION (1) INCLUDING PATIENT INFORMATION

|21- HEALTHPROM |Behaviour Change: a guide for healthcare professionals by Stephen Rollnick |

| |Helping people change by Taylor |

|21-WEI |Weight Management & Obesity |

|21-EXE |Exercise |

|21-SMOK |Smoking |

|21-DRUG |Drugs |

| |Care of drug users in general practice - a harm minimization approach by Beaumont |

|21-PI |Patient Information |

22. COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE (1)

|22-COMP |Complementary Medicine |

| |Herbal Medicines: a guide for health care professionals by Caroline Newall |

| |British Herbal Compendium vol 1 (BHMA) Bradley |

| |Principles and Practices of Phytotherapy, Mills |

| |The evidence base of complementary medicine 2nd ed royal London homoeopathic hospital |

23. SOCIAL MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH (1)

|23-OCC |Occupational Health |

| |Guidance for Doctors – medical evidence for statutory sick pay, stat maternity pay and state benefits by The Benefits |

| |agency |

| |your patients and their work – an introduction to occupational health for family doctors, a HSE publication |

|23-PUBLIC |Public Health & Health promotion |

| |Epidemiology in Country Practice, by Pickles WN |

| |Common Diseases, Fry J |

|23-SOCIAL |Social Medicine |

| |The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer |

| |Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis: the Expropriation of Health  by Ivan Illich |

| |Inequalities in health – the black report and the heath divide 1988 |

| |Rationing in Action, BMJ series |

| |Sociology as applied to medicine by Patrick 1984 |

|23-TRANS |Transcultural Medicine |

| |Ethnicity: health and primary care, a practical guide by Joe Kai |

| |Caring for Muslim Patients by Aziz Sheikh |

| |Transcultural Medicine: Dealing with Patients from Different Cultures by Bashir Qureshi |

24. MEDICOLEGAL MEDICINE AND ETHICS (1)

|24-ETHIC |Ethics |

| |Ethics in General Practice by Orme-Smith and Spicer |

| |The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook: Case Studies, Commentaries and Activities by Michael Parker, Donna Dickenson |

| |The New Dictionary of Medical Ethics by Noyd |

|24-LEGAL |Medico-Legal Medicine |

| |Making sense of Risk Management by Lilley |

| |PICKERSGILL, D: The Law and General Practice (1993) Radcliffe |

| |Textbook on Medical Law by Davies |

| |Making Sense of the NHS Complaints and the Disciplinary Procedures Ed. Pickersgills D, Stanton T |

25. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CARE/CLINICAL GOVERNANCE/REVALIDATION (1)

|25-DEVEL |Personal Development |

| |Survival Skills for GPs by Ruth Chambers |

| |The Medical Marriage: Sustaining healthy relationships for physicians and their families by Wayne Sotile |

| |Working With Others by Bryce Taylor |

| |Where do I go from here by Bryce Taylor |

| |The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey |

| |In search of excellence by Tom Peters |

| |The Fifth Discipline – the art and practice of the learning organisation by Peter Senge |

| |Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman |

| |Biochemical Individuality by Roger Williams |

| |Drawing on the Artist within Betty Edwars |

| |I'M OK YOU'RE OK Thomas Harris. Published by Pan Books |

| |Emotional Intelligence by Goleman |

| |FEEL THE FEAR - and do it anyway. Susan Jeffers. Published by Arrow Books. |

|25-GOV |Professional Development/Clinical Governance |

| |The GP’s guide to personal development plans by Amr Rughani |

| |Professional Development in general practice by Pendleton |

| |Making sense of Clinical Governance – a work book for NHS doctors, nurses and managers by Lilley |

26. RESEARCH & CRITICAL APPRAISAL (1)

|26-AUD |Audit |

| |The Audit Society by Michael Power |

| |Making sense of audit by Donald Irvine |

| |LAWRENCE: Medical Audit in Primary Health Care (1993) |

|26-EBM |Evidence Based Medicine |

| |Achieving Evidence Based Practice: a handbook for practitioners by JA Gray |

| |Evidence Based Practice: a primer for health care professionals by Martin Dawes |

| |How to Lie with Statistics by Darell Huff |

| |Clinical Guidelines from conception to Use by Eccles |

| |Evidence Based Medicine, Teaching and Learning EBM, Sackett D |

| |Evidence Based General Practice, Ridsdale L |

|26-RES |Research |

| |How to read a paper Trisha Greenhalgh 2001 |

| |The Practice of Quality 1996 by Irvine |

| |Statistics at Square One by Swinscow |

| |Winning the Publications Game, Albert T – writing up a project |

| |Research Methods in Primary Care, Yvonne Carter |

27. IT & THE INTERNET (1)

|27-IT |IT & THE INTERNET |

| |The Doctor’s Internet Handbook by Robert Kiley |

| |ABC of Medical Computing by Lee and Millman |

| |The Use of Computers in General practice by Preece |

| |Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (CD-ROM) |

| |Essential Primary Care Computing, by Rennison, Tony |

| |An Introduction to Computers in General Practice by Allison D |

28. CD-ROM SOFTWARE (2)

|28-CDROM |Software material |

| |Stedmans Medical Spell Checker |

| |Minor Surgery CD ROM |

| |Appraisal for General Practitioners working in the NHS |

| |Congestive Heart Failure |

| |Dermadex dermatology resource |

| |Interactive rheumatology tutor |

| |Bladder problems in adults |

| |Hypertension: definition and classification, diagnosis and treatment |

| |Eating disorders and phobias |

| |PEP 2000 CD 1: MCQ and MEQs |

| |PEP 2000 CD 2: MCQ and MEQs |

| |PEP QB 2002: MCQ and MEQs |

| |Ophthalmology - a multimedia tutorial for general practice |

| |Managing antibiotic resistance - a practical guide |

| |Doctor resources |

| |Medicine and the law |

| |Essential facts |

| |SIGN guidelines Feb 2002 |

| |Using the computer in the consulting room |

| |NW Deanery Resource CD |

| |The menopause |

| |Modern primary care approaches for managing IBS |

| |Thrombolysis up front |

| |Blood pressure measurement |

| |Complementary and alternative medicine |

| |Heart Sounds |

| |Oxford Textbook of Medicine |

| |Sandards Pocket Textbook on Clinical Medicine (for PDAs) |

| |BNF for PDAs |

| |PDAs = personal digital assistants = handheld computers |

29. EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS/AUDIO CASSETTES (2)

|29-AUDIO |Audio material |

|29-VID |Video material |

| |Those Things You Say... Consultation skills and the MRCGP examination (with 2 Videos) by Bill Reith (Foreword), John |

| |Skelton, Steve Field, Connie Wiskin, Peter Tate |

30. REFERENCE & NSFs (2)

|30-DIR |Directories – general & medical, secondary & primary care, medical listings |

| |BMJ Clinical Evidence |

| |Prodigy |

|30-EDICT |English Dictionaries/Thesauri |

| |Blacks Medical Dictionary |

| |The Pocket Oxford Dictionary |

|30-MDICT |Medical Dictionaries |

|30-NSF |National Service Frameworks |

31. JOURNALS (0 if electronic)

Most journals are available electronically via the web.

I suggest creating web links to these rather than keeping paper bound copies (often becoming voluminous, out of date and gathering dust)

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