BOOKLIST/ RECOMMENDED READING LIST

Junior Cycle

Please note that all books on this recommended list are available for viewing in RCSI Mercer
Library at the start of term. Academic staff strongly recommend that you review the proposed
books at this time and prior to committing. On purchasing, please ensure you are securing the
most recent edition of all textbooks as they will be a valuable resource throughout your course.
The Student Union arrange a Book Sale during Fresher’s week where many useful publications
can be purchased.

ANATOMY

1. One of the following regional anatomy texts:

Drake, Vogl & Mitchell Gray’s Anatomy for Students

(Elsevier Churchill Livingstone)

Ellis Clinical Anatomy (Blackwell)

Monkhouse Clinical Anatomy (Churchill Livingstone)

Moore, Agur Essential Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students

(Williams and Wilkins)
or any other regional anatomy text and/or atlas
2. Essential:

(various) Aids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system

(Ballière-Tindall)
3. Embryology:

Langman Medical Embryology (Williams and Wilkins)

4. Dissection Kit: Scalpel, forceps, scissors, probes

Health, Behaviour and Society

Required and recommended textbook:

Psychology and Sociology applied to medicine (2nd ed.) Alder B.,Porter M.,Abraham
C.,Van Teijlingen E. London: Churchill Livingstone,(2004)

Recommended textbook and CD: (available for consultation in Mercer’s library);

Psychology, Themes and Variations: (Wayne W) (5th ed) briefer version.

Wadsworth, (2002) PSYK.TREK 2.0 A Multimedia Introduction to Psychology
BIOCHEMISTRY
1. Absolutely essential – one or other recommended for purchase :

Champe, Harvey & Ferrier Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews - Biochemistry (3rd

edition)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Meisenberg & Simmons PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Mosby

2. Additional reading :

Clinical Chemistry and Metabolic Medicine Seventh Edition

By; Martin Crook

Strachan & Read

HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS 3
Garland Science

Nussbaum, McInnes, Willard

THOMPSON & THOMPSON GENETICS IN MEDICINE (6th Edition)
WB Saunders Company

Kingston
ABC OF CLINICAL GENETICS (3rd edition)
BMJ Books

Murray et al.
HARPER’S REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY (24th Edition)
Lange

Kumar & Clark

CLINICAL MEDICINE (5th edition)
WB Saunders

Dow, Lindsay, Morrison

BIOCHEMISTRY: MOLECULES, CELLS AND THE BODY
Addison-Wesley

PHARMACOLOGY

Page et al Integrated Pharmacology

Mosby
Range et al Pharmacology
Churchill

PHYSIOLOGY

Most textbooks of Medical Physiology are suitable for the core curriculum
The latest editions of the following textbooks are particularly recommended:

1. Systems of the Body Series to include the following systems:

 Musculoskeletal,
Digestive
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
Renal
Self Assessment.

Coming titles: Nervous System, Endocrine System

Publishers: Churchill Livingstone

2. Review of Medical Physiology by William F. Ganong

Publishers: Appleton and Lange

3. Textbook of Medical Physiology by Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall

Pocket Companion to Textbook of Medical Physiology
Publishers: W.B. Saunders

Recommended as reference for case based tutorials (DVD accompanies textbook):

Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark

Publishers: W.B. Saunders