Amazon.co.uk: Best (and Worst) Texts for New Medical Students

Best (and Worst) Texts for New Medical Students
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1. Principles in Anatomy and Physiology with Adam On-line Atlas by Gerard J. Tortora

The list author says:
	"If you only ever buy one Anatomy/Physiology textbook, make it this one. It's indispensable."

Used & New from: �66.86

(15 customer reviews)

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2. Anatomy by Henry Gray

The list author says:
	"The original and still (one of) the best."

Used & New from: �11.88
1 customer discussion

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3. Crash Course: Anatomy (Crash Course-UK) by Phillip Ameerally BDS

The list author says:
	"As good as any crib sheet with the added advantage you don't have to spend hours writing it yourself."

Used & New from: �0.01

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4. The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit

The list author says:
	"This is quite a good book in terms of making Anatomy more accessible, although it's easy to spend forever completing it in lots of pretty colours without actually learning anything."

�25.64 Used & New from: �2.23

(29 customer reviews)

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5. Fundamentals of Biochemistry by Donald Voet

The list author says:
	"This is the best big Biochemistry book I've come across."

Used & New from: �4.38

(2 customer reviews)

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6. Biochemistry Explained: A Practical Guide to Learning Biochemistry by Thomas Millar

The list author says:
	"This is a great little book if, like me, you've found the higher level Biochemistry difficult to handle."

Used & New from: �14.00

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7. Essentials of Human Embryology by William J. Larsen PhD

The list author says:
	"This would be my first choice Embryology text. It's nice and clear with good illustrations."

Used & New from: �7.00

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8. Langman's Medical Embryology by Jan Langman

The list author says:
	"Another good Embryology book (covers in more depth the bits Larsen skates over)."

Used & New from: �0.01

(8 customer reviews)

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9. Pharmacology by Humphrey P. Rang MB BS MA DPhil FMedSci FRS Professor

The list author says:
	"I had trouble finding a really good Pharmacology text but this is probably one of the better ones."

Used & New from: �0.01

(40 customer reviews)

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10. Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas (Functional Histology (Wheater's)) by Barbara Young BSc Med Sci(Hons) PhD MB BChir MRCP FRCPA

The list author says:
	"This ALMOST made Histology bearable for me. Almost."

Used & New from: �4.95

(13 customer reviews)

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11. 100 Cases in Clinical Medicine by John Rees

The list author says:
	"This is a great book for putting into practise the things you've learned without actually killing anyone."

Used & New from: �1.97

(8 customer reviews)

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12. 250 Cases in Clinical Medicine (MRCP Study Guides) by Ragavendra R. Baliga

The list author says:
	"Almost as good as book number 11 (see above); a much more advanced level but a better lay-out divided into systems/specialties."

Used & New from: �9.99

(8 customer reviews)

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13. Concise Colour Medical Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Elizabeth Martin

The list author says:
	"This is definitely worth having just for the purpose of looking up terms you don't understand."

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14. Oxford Textbook of Functional Anatomy: Musculoskeletal System v. 1 (Oxford Medical Publications) by Pamela C.B. MacKinnon

The list author says:
	"DO NOT buy this Anatomy book, or any in this series. They're useless. Trust me."

Used & New from: �1.67

(1 customer review)

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15. Human Gross Anatomy: An Outline Text by Robert J. Leonard

The list author says:
	"This seems at first to be a very useful book but in fact it just ends up being confusing. It won't help you pass your exams so give it a wide berth."

�21.85 Used & New from: �9.22

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16. Biochemistry by Lubert Stryer

The list author says:
	"A lot of people swear by this Biochemistry text but to be honest I found it very confusing and hard to use. NOT recommended."

Used & New from: �11.99

(11 customer reviews)

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Principles in Anatomy and Physiology with Adam On-line Atlas

Anatomy

Crash Course: Anatomy (Crash Course-UK)

Fundamentals of Biochemistry

Biochemistry Explained: A Practical Guide to Learning Biochemistry

Essentials of Human Embryology

Langman's Medical Embryology

Pharmacology

Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas (Functional Histology (Wheater's))

100 Cases in Clinical Medicine

250 Cases in Clinical Medicine (MRCP Study Guides)

Concise Colour Medical Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Oxford Textbook of Functional Anatomy: Musculoskeletal System v. 1 (Oxford Medical Publications)

Biochemistry

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