BASIC TEXTBOOKS AND FURTHER READING FOR THE MEDICAL COURSE

MEDICAL GENETICS TEXTBOOKS

The following textbooks are highly recommended for purchase or consulting regularly! Copies of the first two are available in the Barnes library. They will form an excellent resource for the whole medical course.

Elements of Medical Genetics (11th edition, 2001) by RF Mueller & ID Young, Published by Churchill Livingstone
Essential Medical Genetics (5th edition, 1997) by JM Connor & MA Ferguson-Smith, Published by Blackwell
Principles of Medical Genetics (2nd edition, 1998) by TD Gelehter & FS Collins, Published by Williams & Wilkins

For the clinical course, two excellent "case-based" texts (also available in the Barnes library), revising basic contexts through clinical problems are

Clinical Genetics: a case based approach (1998) by D Bonthron, D FitzPatrick, M Porteous, A Trainer. Published by WB Saunders.
Human genetics - a problem based approach (1996) by B Korff. Published by Blackwell Science.

REFERENCE TEXTBOOKS

The following textbooks are available in the Barnes Library and will be useful as references for more detail on particular topics.

Human Molecular Genetics
Human Molecular Genetics 2 (2nd edition, 1999) by T Strachan & AP Read, Published by Bios Scientific Publishers
Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd edition, 1994) by B Alberts, J Lewis et al, Published by Garland
Genes VI (6th edition, 1997) by B Lewin, Published by Oxford University Press
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An Introduction to Recombinant DNA in medicine (2nd edition, 1995) by AEH Emery & S Malcolm, Published by Wiley
Molecular Genetics for the Clinician by DH Brock, Published by Cambridge University Press
The New Genetics and Clinical Practice (3rd edition, 1991) by DJ Weatherall, Published by Oxford University Press

Clinical cytogenetics
Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counselling by RJM Gardner, GR Sutherland, Published by Oxford University Press
Clinical Atlas of Human Chromosomes (2nd edition, 1984) J De Grouchy & J Turleau, Published by John Wiley

Clinical genetics
Practical Genetic Counselling (4th edition) by PS Harper, Published by Butterworth Heinemann
Principles & Practice of Medical Genetics (3rd edition) DL Rimoin, JM Connor & RS Pyeritz (eds), Published by Churchill Livingstone

Ethical/psychological aspects of genetic counselling
Psychological Aspects of Genetic Counselling (1984) by AEH Emery & I Pullen, Published by Academic Press
The Troubled Helix: Social and Psychological Implications of the New Human Genetics T Marteau & M Richards (eds), Published by Cambridge University Press

Human genetics
Human genetics: problems and approaches (3rd edition, 1997) by F Vogel and A G Motulsky. Published by Springer.
This classic reference book presents the concepts, results and problems underlying the theory and practice of human and medical genetics. It integrates modern applications with a conventional approach to human genetics.

Cancer genetics
A practical guide to human cancer genetics (1993) by S.V.Hodgson and E.R.Maher. – Published by Cambridge University Press

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