Harrison’s: Friend or Foe?
Longo DL, Harrison TR. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Eighteenth Edition. London: McGraw-Hill; 2012. RRP: $199 So a review of this text has been done before, not of Harrison’s Principles …
The only medical science textbook you need to buy?
Wilkins R, Cross S, Megson I, Meredith D. Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2011. RRP: $47.95 A complete guide to the medical sciences that …
A neuroanatomical comparison: Blumenfeld’s Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases vs. Snell’s Clinical Neuroanatomy
Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases, Second Edition. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates; 2010. RRP: AU$119.95 Snell, RS. Clinical Neuroanatomy, Seventh Edition. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. RRP: AU$107.80 As stated …
Apley’s Concise System of Orthopaedics and Fractures
Solomon L, Warwick D, Nayagam S. Apley’s Concise System of Orthopaedics and Fractures. 3rd ed. London (UK): Hodder Arnold; 2005. RRP AU$52.65 The 2006-2007 Australian Hospital Statistics demonstrated that fractures …
Good Medical Practice: Professionalism, Ethics and Law
Breen KJ, Cordner SM, Thomson CJH, Plueckhahn VD. Good Medical Practice: Professionalism, Ethics and Law. Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press; 2010. RRP: $75.00 Anyone brave enough to write a textbook …
The iPhone: Is it an indispensable tool for medical students?
Technology is always presenting us with new ways of going about our daily lives, and our inability to be separated from our mobile phone, internet or online social networking is …
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialities
As medical students progress through their clinical years, they are exposed to the varied streams of medicine, which not only functions as a key component in their broader medical training, …
‘Moore’ than just a doorstop: Clinically Oriented Anatomy vs. Gray’s Anatomy for Students
The study of anatomy is often a challenging endeavour for many medical students. Central to the learning process is the use of a good textbook. Two of the most often …