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Recommended Medical Textbooks
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series)Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Murray Longmore
Buy used from: £11.50
The yellow book is the greatest reference book ever: small, accessable and concise. Almost always right as well...
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties (Oxford Handbooks Series)Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Judith Collier
Buy used from: £6.80
A companion to the yellow book
Medicine at a GlanceMedicine at a Glance
Buy used from: £10.40
Good for a nice little overview, or when you don't feel like doing any work but you have to.
Saunders' Pocket Essentials of Clinical MedicineSaunders' Pocket Essentials of Clinical Medicine by Anne Ballinger
Buy used from: £7.89
Although the parent book is good, this is better! All you really need to know. The best bit is the questions at the end for checking recall.
Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine: An Illustrated Colour TextPsychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine: An Illustrated Colour Text by Beth Alder BSc PhD CPsychol FBPsS Professor
Buy used from: £22.50
You need to read a text like this early on your training to know what you are dealing with!!!
PharmacologyPharmacology by Humphrey P. Rang
Buy used from: £27.00
A must-have for pre-clinical pharm, and reference there-after.
Hands on Guide to Clinical PharmacologyHands on Guide to Clinical Pharmacology by Sukhdev Chatu
Buy used from: £4.39
At first glance, this doesn't seem to be any good for a student, but actually, it was invaluable for my pharm viva.
Review of Medical Physiology (stm09)Review of Medical Physiology (stm09) by William F. Ganong
Buy used from: £16.50
Not necessarily the best. Certianly not the most colourful. But I liked it.
Clinical AnatomyClinical Anatomy by Harold Ellis
Buy used from: £21.00
The BEST anatomy book. Borrow which-ever tomb your department recommends from the library, then BUY this.
Wheater's Basic Histopathology: A Color Atlas and Text (Basic Histopathology (Wheater's/ Burkitt))Wheater's Basic Histopathology: A Color Atlas and Text (Basic Histopathology (Wheater's/ Burkitt)) by Alan Stevens MBBS FRCPath
Buy new: £38.22 / Used from: £34.00
A great pathology book! Don't ignore it just because histopath is the most boring bit - this explains all!
Crash Course:  Pathology (Crash Course-UK)Crash Course: Pathology (Crash Course-UK) by Daniel J. O'Connor MB ChB PhD
Buy new: £20.89 / Used from: £8.25
I used this so much and hated pathology so much I can't bear to see the book anymore.
Medical Short Cases for Medical StudentsMedical Short Cases for Medical Students by Bob Ryder
Buy new: £18.54 / Used from: £8.37
Not the most colourful of books on examination technique, but one of the best.
Psychiatry: An Illustrated Colour TextPsychiatry: An Illustrated Colour Text by Lesley Stevens MB BS MRCPsych
Buy new: £22.24 / Used from: £15.06
Certainly the best book to revise psych with.
Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics (Illustrated Colour Text)Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics (Illustrated Colour Text) by Tom Lissauer MB BChir FRCP FRCPCH
Buy used from: £21.89
It's big, but it is by far the best book on paediatrics.
Obstetrics and Gynecology: An Illustrated Colour TextObstetrics and Gynecology: An Illustrated Colour Text by Joan Pitkin BSc MRCOG FRCS
Buy new: £22.63 / Used from: £20.74
These texts can be crowded, and they are expensive, but they are also instructive.
Finals in Surgery: A Guide to Success in Clinical SurgeryFinals in Surgery: A Guide to Success in Clinical Surgery by Alastair M. Thompson ALCM BSc(Hons) MBChB MD FRCS(Ed)
Buy used from: £2.35
The clinical finals are a game... Learn to play the surgical way!