Practice Library Recommendations

PRACTICE LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS

Collated by Dr. Ramesh Mehay, Course Organiser Bradford VTS

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&5MEDICAL 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

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 TimUsherwood
• 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 RogerCharlton, 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

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 Healthby 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-ROMSOFTWARE (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)