Medicine & Health Resource Guide, page 2

Print resources

The following items are a selection of key print materials available in the Library. Most of these items are on the shelves in the Information Centre. Others may need to be requested through our online catalogue. These items will then be retrieved from storage and delivered to the book collection point in this room.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dorland’s illustrated medical dictionary  30th edn.  2003
R 610.3 D734 (2000)
Very comprehensive, authoritative resource, used by health care professionals.

Stedman’s Abbrev.:  abbreviations, acronyms and symbols.  2nd edn. 1999
R 610.148 ST3A (1999)
Abbreviations are plentiful in medicine; this is one of several items that will assist in decoding them.

The complete home medical guide. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners  2001
R 616.024 AM3G (2001)
Good basic one volume handbook. Designed for the general public. Guide to all the major health, disease and lifestyle concerns. Includes anatomy, symptoms, treatments, and more, with illustrations.

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 5 vols. 1999
R 610.3 G13o
Covers about 500 common medical disorders, conditions, tests and treatments. Designed for the lay person, it bridges the gap between the one volume home consumer guides and the highly technical professional sources. Most entries include further references to relevant books, journals, organisations and/or websites.

Directories

The Medical Directory for Australia 23rd edn. 2003 
R 610.5 M46DIR
Lists GPs, specialists, associations and organisations, including educational and government bodies, research organisations, support and self-help groups.

The Dentist’s register  The Dental Board of Victoria 2003
R 617.60025945 D43
Basic alphabetical listing that gives addresses and qualification details.

Hospital & Health Services Yearbook  28th edn. 2004
RB 362.10994 H79 (2004)
Includes an overview of the health industry: a directory of government health departments; health related organisations; educational institutions; hospitals; other health service providers, and a who's who of chief executives.

Biography and History

Kiple, Kenneth (ed.) The Cambridge World History of Human Disease. 1993
F 610.9 C14K
Comprehensive coverage of the history of Eastern and Western medicine, changing concepts of health and disease, the geography of human disease, the history of medical specialities, and major diseases "past and present". Includes a large number of tables, figures and maps.

Sebastian, Anton  A Dictionary of the History of Medicine 1999
R 610.903 SE2D
With over 10,000 entries, this is an excellent source of brief biographical information on historical figures in medicine, and key dates for discoveries, developments and inventions.

Drug Guides

MIMS Annual, 2004 Australian edn. 2004
R 610.1029 M65
The most widely used professional source on medications. Updated monthly. Regular supplements on new products. Also available, via the State Library work stations, as an electronic resource, E-Mims.

Upfal, Jonathan  The Australian Drug Guide: Every Person's Guide to Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medicines, Street Drugs, Vaccines, Vitamins and Minerals 6th edn. 2002
R 615.1194 AU7S
Plain English,"user-friendly" publication that also covers non-prescribed substances.

Barnes, J., Anderson, L. & Phillipson, J  Herbal medicines: a guide for healthcare professionals  2nd edn.  2002
R 615.321 B26H
Handbook of 148 herbal ingredients.  Constituents, usage and actions of each herb.  Details of clinical studies conducted, and side-effects and contra-indications. 

Diseases

Oxford Textbook of Medicine  4th edn. 3 vols. 2003
R 616 OX2W
The standard in-depth reference work. Three volumes with detailed technical information.

NORD Guide to rare disorders  The National Organization for Rare Diseases  2003
R 616 N21N

Rakel, Robert E. Conn's Current Therapy 2004
R 615.5 C93
Written by a large panel of experts this annual publication provides the latest knowledge about a large number of diseases or conditions.

Carter, Warwick  The Australian encyclopedia of medical symptoms  1999
R 616.047 C24A
One volume guide to symptoms.  Use in conjunction with other sources for greater detail.

Segen, Joseph C & Stauffer, Joseph  The Patient’s guide to medical tests  1998
R 616.075 SE3P
A guide to over 1000 commonly prescribed tests.  With descriptions of tests, patient preparation, procedure, and implications of test results.

The Gale encyclopedia of alternative medicine  4 vols.  2000
R 615.503 G13K
Comprehensive coverage of complementary therapies, herbs, remedies, common medical diseases and conditions.

Anatomy

 
Williams, Peter et al (eds.) Gray's Anatomy 38th edn. 1995
R 611 G79
The standard text on anatomy. The classic 1918 edition, with full indexing and over 1200 engravings, is also available on the internet. 

Psychiatry

 
Kaplan, Harold & Sadock, Benjamin (eds.) Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry 7th edn. 2 vols. 1999
R 616.89 C73K (1999)
Key resource. This details the full range of psychiatric illnesses, as well as the practice of psychiatry. 

The Gale Encyclopedia of mental disorders  2 vol.  2003
R 616.89003 G13T
Guide to mental disorders and therapies.  Suitable for the lay person and students.  Also includes further references, organisations, and support groups.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Primary Care Version 4th edn. 1996
R 616.89075 D54A
Guide to the framework (DSM-IV) developed to assist practitioners in the identification and classification of mental disorders.