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Gastroenterology
Blackwell's primary care essentials: gastrointestinal and liver disease
David W Hay. Malden MA: Blackwell Science, 2002 (xxv + 380 pp). ISBN 0 632 04503 5.
Clinical gastroenterology: a practical problem-based approach
Nicholas J Talley, Christopher J Martin. Sydney: Maclennan and Petty 1996 (xi+448 pp.). ISBN: 0-86433-097-9.
Rapid reference to dyspepsia.
Emad El-Omar, Michael M Peek. London: Mosby, 2003 (vi + 128 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3326 7.
Diseases of the liver and biliary system in children
Deirdre A Kelly, editor. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1999 (xvii + 375pp.). ISBN: 0 632 04802 6.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy: beyond the basics
John Baille. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann 1997 (x+158pp.). ISBN: 0 7506 9555 2.
Gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and nutritional physiology
E B Chang, M D Sitrin, D D Black. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1996 (ix + 302 pp.). ISBN 0-781-70262-3.
Helicobacter pylori: techniques for clinical diagnosis and basic research
Adrian Lee and Francis Megrand. London: Harcourt Brace 1996 (xiv + 305 pp.). ISBN: 0 7020 1999.
Hepatitis C, other liver disorders and liver health. A practical guide
Geoffrey C Farrell. Sydney: MacLennan and Petty, 2002 ($71.50, xi + 324 pp). ISBN 0 86433 157 6.
Medical care of the liver transplant patient
Killenberg PG, Clavien PA (editors). Malden, MA: Blackwell Science 1997 (xvi+409 pp.). ISBN: 0 86542 524 8.
MJA Practice Essentials — Gastroenterology
John E Kellow and Jeremy S Wilson, editors. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1999 (iv + 80 pp.). ISBN: 0 85557 042 3.
The little black book of gastroenterology. 2nd ed.
David W Hay. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett, 2006 (xxi + 482 pp). ISBN 0763734578.

General medicine
Aspirin: the story of a wonder drug.
Diarmuid Jeffreys. London: Bloomsbury, 2004 (x + 335 pp). ISBN 0 7475 7443 X.
A piece of my mind
Roxanne K Young (editor). USA: American Medical Association, 2000 (224 pp.). ISBN 1-57947-082-3.
A skeptic's medical dictionary
Michael O'Donnell. London: BMJ Publishing Group 1997 (209pp.). ISBN: 0 7279 1204 6.
Atlas of internal medicine on CD-ROM
Eugene Braunwald (editor). Philadelphia: Current Medicine, 1999 (xiv + 434 pp + CD-ROM). ISBN: 1 57340 128 5.
Basic clinical dialysis
David C Harris, Grahame Elder, Lukas K Kairaitis, Gopala K Rangan (eds). Sydney: McGraw Hill, 2005 (xxiv + 264 pp). ISBN 007471501 1.
Clinical evidence. A compendium of the best available evidence for effective health care. 5th edition
London: BMJ Publishing, 2001 (xxiii + 1432 pp + CDROM(personal) (institutional)). ISBN 0 7279 1612 2.
Clinical examination, a systematic guide to physical diagnosis (4th ed)
Nicholas J Talley and Simon O'Connor. Sydney: MacLennan & Petty, 2001 ($77.00, xxii + 519pp). ISBN 0-86433-1444.
Communication for doctors. How to improve patient care and minimize legal risks.
David Woods, editor. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2004 (xi + 125pp). ISBN 1 85775 895 1.
Ethics and evidence-based medicine. Fallibility and responsibility in clinical science
Kenneth W Goodman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003 (xii + 168 pp). ISBN 0 521 79653 9.
Functional somatic syndromes: etiology, diagnosis and treatment
Peter Manu, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998 (x + 304 pp.). ISBN: 0 52163491 1.
Harrison's manual of medicine, 15th edition
Braunwald et al. McGraw-Hill, 2001 (xvii + 1021 pp.). ISBN: 0-07-112446-2.
Harrison's manual of medicine for PDA, 15/E
Braunwald et al. McGraw-Hill, 2002 (CD-ROM). ISBN: 0-07-141132-1.
Harrison's principles of internal medicine, version 1.0, 15th edition
Braunwald et al. McGraw-Hill, 2001 (Windows/Macintosh CD-ROM [single user]). ISBN 0-071374-795.
Harrison's principles of medicine, 15th edition
Braunwald et al. McGraw-Hill, 2001 (xxxii + 1442 + 157 pp.). ISBN: 0-07-007273-6.
Healing arts (the)
R S Downie, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 (334 pp). ISBN 0 19 263257 4.
In practice. The lives of New Zealand women doctors in the 21st century
Rosy Fenwicke. Auckland: Random House, 2004 (xvi + 351 pp). ISBN 1 86941 620 1.
Internal medicine on call. Australian adaptation
Napier M Thomson, Steven A Haist, John B Robbins (editors). Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2003 (xx + 695 pp). ISBN 0 074 71035 4.
Medical management of acute and chronic low back pain. An evidence-based approach
Nikolai Bogduk, Brian McGuirk. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2003 (viii + 224 pp). ISBN 0 444 50845 7.
Netter’s internal medicine.
Marshall S Runge, M Andrew Greganti (editors). Teterboro, NJ: Icon Learning Systems, 2003 (xxxii + 1111 pp). ISBN 1 929007 00 0.
Problem with doctors (the). Doctors as writers, artists, poets, opinion-makers and human beings
Caroline Brand (editor). Middle Park, Vic: Little C Books. 2001 (180 pp). ISBN 0 646 40692 2.
Systematic reviews in health care: a practical guide
Paul P Glasziou, Les M Irwig, Christopher J Bain, Graham A Colditz. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2001 (viii + 137 pp). ISBN 0 521 79962 7.
Yearbook of medicine 2004
Philadelphia: Mosby, 2004 (xvi + 655 pp). ISBN 0 323 01578 6.

General practice and primary care
A clinician's guide to menopause
Donna E Stewart, Gail Erlick Robinson (editors). Washington DC: Health Press 1997 (ix + 243 pp.). ISBN: 0 88048 764 2.
Adherence to long-term therapies: evidence for action
Geneva: World Health Organization, 2003 (xv + 196 pp). ISBN 92 4 154599 2.
AIDS. A pocket book of diagnosis and management, 2nd ed
Adrian Mindel, Robert Miller, editors. London: Arnold 1996 (x + 370 pp.). ISBN: 0-340-58609-5.
A professional odyssey in general practice
Brian H Connor. Sydney: McGraw-Hill 1998 (xiii + 95 pp.). ISBN: 0 07 470610 1.
A woman’s concise guide to common medical tests
Michele C Moore, Caroline M De Costa. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2005 (vi + 175 pp). ISBN 0 8135 3580 8.
Australian medicines handbook
Adelaide: Australian Medicines Handbook 1998 (xxvi + 891 pp.). ISBN: 0 64635326 8.
BARD in the practice. A guide for family doctors to consult efficiently, effectively and happily.
Ed Warren. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2006 (xi + 136 pp). ISBN 1 85775 665 7.
Blackwell’s primary care essentials: Travel medicine
Robert P Smith, Stephen D Spears. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, 2002 (xxv + 299 pp). ISBN 0632044829.
An introduction to complementary medicine
Terry Robson (editor). Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2003 (xvi + 360 pp). ISBN 174114 0544.
Cancer explained
Fred Stephens. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press 1997 (xvi+202 pp.). ISBN: 186254441.
Cesarean Section. Understanding and celebrating your baby’s birth
Michele Moore, Caroline de Costa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2003 ($33.95, vi + 149 pp). ISBN 0 8018 7336 3.
Child health. A practical manual for general practice.
Kim Oates, Kathryn Currow and Wendy Hu (editors). Maclennan & Petty, 2001 ($77.00 xx + 404 pp). ISBN 0-86433-154-1.
Churchill's pocketbook of general practice
Simon Cartwright, Carolyn Godlee (editors). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone 1998 (ix + 349 pp.). ISBN: 0 443 04863 0.
Clinical cases for general practice exams.
Susan Wearne. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2005 (xiv + 228 pp). ISBN 007471542 9.
Communication for health care
Catherine A Berglund, Deborah C Saltman (editors). Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2002 ($44.95, xiv + 257 pp). ISBN 0 19 551298 7.
Contraception today. A pocketbook for general practitioners
John Guillebaud. London: Martin Dunitz, 2000 (124 pp). ISBN: 1 85317 868 3.
Counselling skills for health professionals
D Byrne, A Byrne. Melbourne: Macmillan 1996 (viii+224 pp.). ISBN: 0-7329-1937-1.
Current diagnosis and treatment in family medicine
Jeannette E South-Paul, Samuel C Matheny, Evelyn L Lewis. New York: Lange Medical Books, 2004 (xv + 750 pp). ISBN 0 07 139088 X.
Diabetes at your fingertips
Peter H Sönksen, Charles Fox, Sue Judd. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2003 (275 pp). ISBN 0 074 71275 6.
Diabetes mellitus. A fundamental and clinical text
D Le Roith, S I Taylor, J M Olefsky, editors. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1996 (xx + 876 pp.). ISBN: 0-397-51456-5.
Doctor and patient. Exploring clinical thinking
Ken Cox. Sydney: UNSW Press 1999 (xv + 304pp.). ISBN: 0 86840 505 1.
e-Communication skills. A guide for primary care.
Louise Simpson, Paul Robinson, Mark Fletcher, Rob Wilson, editors. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2005 (x + 132 pp). ISBN 1 85775 868 4.
Emergency medicine diagnosis and management. Australasian edition
Anthony F T Brown.Melbourne: Butterworth Heinemann 1996 (xviii + 360 pp.). ISBN 0-7506-8941-2.
Essential guide to asthma
American Medical Association. New York: Pocket Books 1998 (x + 293 pp.). ISBN: 0 671 011013 1.
Essentials of family practice. 2nd ed
Robert E Rakel. Philadelphia: W B Saunders 1998 (xiii + 626 pp.) ISBN: 0 7216 5868 7.
eTG complete
Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines, 2002 (CD-ROM: Subscription $220).
Evidence-based family medicine
WW Rosser and MS Shafir. Hamilton, ONT: Decker 1998 (178 pp.). ISBN: 1 55009 053 4.
Evidence-based medicine workbook. Finding and applying the best evidence to improve patient care.
Paul P Glasziou, Christopher B Del Mar. London: BMJ Books, 2003 (v + 132 pp). ISBN 0 7279 1821 4.
Fast facts: acne
Alison M Layton, Diane Thiboutot, Vincenzo Bettoli. London: Health Press, 2004 (86 pp). ISBN 189954173X.
Frequently overlooked diagnoses in acute care
Mark A Marinella. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, 2003 (vii + 147 pp). ISBN 1 56053 566 0.
General practice, 3rd edition
John Murtagh. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2003 (xxiv + 1488 pp). ISBN 0 07 470719 1.
General practice companion handbook, 3rd edition
John Murtagh. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2003 (xxxiv + 477 pp). ISBN 0 074 70722 1.
General practice series (The) — CD-ROM
John Murtagh. McGraw-Hill, 2002 (single user version; 5 user version $420.00). ISBN 0-07-471058-3.
Griffith's 5 minute clinical consult
Mark R Dambro, Jo A Griffith, editors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 1999 (xix + 1325pp.). ISBN: 0 7817 2011 7.
Guide to arthrocentesis and soft tissue injection
Bruce Carl Anderson. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005 (xi + 214 pp). ISBN: 1 4160 2205 8.
Handbook of obstetric management
Sylvia K Rosevear, Gordon M Stirrat. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1996 (397 pp.). ISBN: 063-2035-552.
Handbook of spirituality and worldview in clinical practice
Allan M Josephson, John R Peteet (editors). Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2004 (183 pp). ISBN 1585621048.
Hot topics. Exercise.
Manu V Chakravarthy, Frank W Booth. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, 2003 (x + 326 pp). ISBN 1 56053 568 7.
Humanity in healthcare. The heart and soul of medicine.
Peter Barritt. Oxford: Radcliffe, 2005 (x + 254 pp). ISBN: 1 85775 836 6.
If divorce is the only way: An emotional and practical guide to the essential do's and don'ts of divorce and marital breakdown
John D Bieber. Ringwood: Penguin 1998 (xvi+188pp.) ISBN: 0 14 026870 7.
Immunofacts. Vaccines and immunologies
John D Grabstein. St Louis: Facts and Comparisons, 2002 (x + 1097 pp). ISBN 1 57439 184 4.
In practice. The lives of New Zealand women doctors in the 21st century
Rosy Fenwicke. Auckland: Random House, 2004 (xvi + 351 pp). ISBN 1 86941 620 1.
Lifestyle medicine
James M Rippe. Malden MA: Blackwell Science, 1999 ($238.00, 1363 pp). ISBN: 0 86542 294 X.
Listening as work in primary care.
Simon Cocksedge. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2005 (ix + 175 pp). ISBN 1 85775 636 3.
Managing epilepsy in primary care
Malcolm P Taylor. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1996 (x + 172 pp.). ISBN 0-86542-972-3.
Managing heart failure in primary care
H J Dargie, J J V McMurray, P A Poole-Wilson (editors). London: Blackwell Science 1996 (ix + 196pp.). ISBN: 0 86542 966 9.
Manual of nail disease and surgery
Robert Baran, David de Berker, Rodney Dawber. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997 (93pp.). ISBN: 0 868542638 4.
Mechanism and management of headache. 7th ed.
James W Lance, Peter J Goadsby. Pennsylvania: Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005 (+ 392 pp). ISBN: 0 75067530 6.
Medical management of eating disorders
C Laird Birmingham, Pierre Beumont. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 (xi + 289 pp). ISBN 0 521 54662 1.
Men's health. How men can live longer and fuller lives
Ronald S Laura. Roseville: Simon & Schuster 1998 (xii + 163 pp.). ISBN: 0 7318 0623 9.
Men’s health. 2nd ed.
Roger S Kirby, Culley C Carson, Michael G Kirby, Riad N Farah (editors). London: Taylor and Francis, 2004 (xvii + 522 pp). ISBN 1 84184 258 3.
Migraine
Andrew J Dowson, Roger K Cady. London: Mosby, 2002 (v + 168 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3277 5.
Migraine and other headaches
Your questions answered. Andrew J Dowson. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2003 (256 pp). ISBN 0 443 07339 2.
Mood disorders. Recognition and treatment
Peter R Joyce, Philip B Mitchell (editors). Sydney: UNSW Press, 2004 (xvi + 508 pp). ISBN 0 86840 447 0.
MJA Practice Essentials — Cardiology
Richard W Harper and John T Dowling, editors. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 2000 (iii + 88 pp.). ISBN: 0-85557-0431.
MJA Practice Essentials — Dermatology
Robin Marks, editor. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1997 (iv + 68 pp.). ISBN: 0-85557-038-5.
MJA Practice Essentials — Gastroenterology
John E Kellow and Jeremy S Wilson, editors. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1999 (iv + 80 pp.). ISBN: 0 85557 042 3.
MJA Practice Essentials - Mental Health
Nicholas A Keks and Graham D Burrows, editors. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1998 (iv + 104 pp.). ISBN: 0-85557-040-7.
MJA Practice Essentials — Rheumatology
Peter M Brooks, editor. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited 1997 (iv + 80 pp.). ISBN: 0-85557-039-3.
New frontiers in medicine
The body as the shadow of the soul. Craig S Hassed. Melbourne: Hill of Content, 2000 (142 pp). ISBN: 0 85572 312 2.
Office emergencies
Marjorie A Bowman, William G Baxt. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003 (xv + 400 pp). ISBN 0 7216 7779 7.
Patient education, 3rd edition
John Murtagh. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2001 (vii + 227 pp). ISBN 0 074 70889 9.
Patient presentations in general practice: a comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management
Ian D Steven. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1999 (xx+588 pp.). ISBN: 0 074 70823 6.
PDxMD Medical conditions series
Fred Ferri (editor). Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2003 ($84.80 each). Specific ISBN numbers for each specialty.
Physical signs of child abuse
Christopher J Hobbs and Jayne M Wynne. London: W B Saunders, 2001 ($271.15, 401 pp). ISBN 0 70202582 8.
Pocket guide to diagnostic tests. Australian edition
Robert Dunstan, Diana Nicol, Stephen J McPhee, et al (editors). Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2003 (viii + 488 pp). ISBN 0 074 710362.
Pocket guide to lung function tests
Bob Hancox, Ken Whyte. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2001 (157 pp). ISBN 0 074 70979 8.
Practical plastic surgery for nonsurgeons
Nadine B Semer. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, 2001 (ix + 390 pp). ISBN 1 56053 478 8.
Practice tips. Third edition
John Murtagh. Sydney: McGraw Hill Australia 2000 (269pp.). ISBN: 0 074 70887 2.
Project management in health and community services.
Judith M Dwyer, Pauline Stanton, Valerie Thiessen. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2004 (xxi + 200 pp) ISBN 1 74114 055 2.
Rapid reference to dyspepsia.
Emad El-Omar, Michael M Peek. London: Mosby, 2003 (vi + 128 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3326 7.
Saunders review of family practice. 2nd ed
Edward T Bope, Alvah R Cass, Michael D Hagen. Philadelphia: WB Saunders 1997 (xiii, 354pp.). ISBN: 0 7216 5817 2.
Sports injuries. Their prevention and treatment (3rd ed)
Lars Peterson, Per Renstrom. London: Martin Dunitz, 2000 (x + 534 pp). ISBN 1 85317 119 0.
Surviving ME. Practical strategies for coming to terms with chronic fatigue
J Fox. London: Vermilion 1996 (160 pp., $19.95). ISBN: 009-1814-723.
Symptom sorter
Keith Hopcroft, Vincent Forte. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press 1999 (vi + 395 pp.) ISBN: 1 85775 395 X.
Therapeutic guidelines. Antibiotic. Version 12
Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines, 2003 (xv + 406 pp). ISSN 1329 5039.
Textbook on women's health. L Wallis (editor). Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven 1998 (xii + 1044pp.). ISBN: 0 316 91991 8.
The difficult patient
Eric Sohr. Miami: MedMaster 1996 (98 pp., US$11.95). ISBN: 0-9407-8027-5.
The last well person. How to stay well despite the health-care system
Nortin M Hadler. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004 (viii + 313 pp) ISBN 0 7735 2795 8.
The M factor: Men and their health
Andrew Pattison. Sydney: Simon & Schuster 1998 (xii+162pp.). ISBN: 0 7318 0697 2.
The obstetrics manual
Michael D Humphrey. Sydney: McGraw-Hill 1995 (v + 218 pp.). ISBN 0-07-470137-1.
This can’t happen to me! Tackling type 2 diabetes
Tim Bowden. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2004 (xiii + 207 pp). ISBN 0 86431 473 6.
Topics in clinical urology. Complications of interventional techniques
Culley C Carson III, editor. New York: Igaku-Shoin 1996 (xii + 242 pp.).
ISBN: 089-640-2851.
Women's health in general practice.
Danielle Mazza. Edinburgh: Butterworth Heinemann, 2004 (viii + 317pp). ISBN 0 7506 8773 8.
Women’s health in mid-life. A primary care guide.
Jo Ann Rosenfeld (editor). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 (xi + 374 pp). ISBN 0 521 82340 4.

General surgery
20 common problems. Surgical problems and procedures in primary care
Dana C Lynge, Barry D Weiss (editors). New Yrok: McGraw-Hill, 2001 (457 pp). ISBN 0 07 136002 6.
An introduction to dermatological surgery. 2nd edition
Clifford Lawrence. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2002 ($140.80, 182 pp). ISBN 0 443 072000.
Basic surgical skills manual
Iain Skinner. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2000 ($43.95, 234 pp). ISBN: 0 074 70608 X.
Ethical eye: Transplants
Peter Morris (editor). Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2003 (258 pp). ISBN 92 871 4779 5.
Evidence-based surgery
Toby A Gordon, John L Cameron. Hamilton: BC Decker, 2000 (688 pp.). ISBN 1 550099 116 6.
Guides to clinical aspiration biopsy. Head and neck. 2nd ed
Vicky S M Chen, Ali H Qizilbash, J Edward M Young. New York: Igaku-Shoin 1996 (xviii + 410 pp.). ISBN: 089640286X.
Integrated basic surgical sciences
James Toouli, Chris Russell, Peter Devitt and Celia Clark. London: Arnold, 2000 (xiii + 843 pp). ISBN 0 340 700912.
MCQ and short answer questions for surgery
Joe J Tjandra, Gordon J A Clunie, Harry Ross, editors. Carlton, VIC: Blackwell Science Asia 1998 (vii + 113 pp.). ISBN: 0 96793 010 1.
Photographic atlas of practical anatomy (Vol. 1)
Professor Dr Walter Thiel. Graz, Austria. Springer, 1997 (2 vols [vol. 1, vi +427pp; vol.2, xii+417pp]). ISBN: 3-540-61195-9.
Photographic atlas of anatomy (Vol. 2)
Professor Walter Thiel. Graz, Austria. Springer 1999 (2 vols [vol. 1, vi + 427 pp; vol. 2, xii + 417 pp]). ISBN: 3-540-62239-X.
Simple skin surgery. 2nd edition
Susan Burge, Graham Colver and Ruth Lester. London: Blackwell Science 1996 (iv+90 pp.). ISBN: 0-86542-690-2.
Surgery on call
Bruce Mann, Alan T Lefor, Leonard G Gomella. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2001 (xxi + 682 pp). ISBN 0074710907.
Textbook of surgery
Gordon J A Clunie, Joe J Tjandra, David M A Francis (editors). Carlton: Blackwell Science 1997 (xi + 639 pp.). ISBN: 0 86793 353 4.
The dance of life: the life and times of an antipodean surgeon
Rowan Nicks. Melbourne: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1996 (258 pp.; $30.00 by mail from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons). ISBN: 0909844291.

Genetics
Chromosome abnormalities and genetic counselling. 2nd ed
R J McKinlay Gardner and Grant R Sutherland. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1996 (xv + 478 pp.). ISBN: 0-19-510615-6.
Genetics. A popular guide to the principles of human heredity
Brian W Somerville. Sydney: Animated Biomedical Productions 1997 (video in three parts). ISBN: none.
The thread of life. The story of genes and genetic engineering
Susan Aldridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1996 (xi + 258 pp.). ISBN: 0-521-46542-7.

Geriatrics
20 common problems in geriatrics
Alan M Adelman, Mel P Daly (editors). New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001 ($94.95, xvi + 432 pp). ISBN 0 07 000518 4.
A funny thing happened on the way to the nursing home. A different handbook for dementia patients
2nd edition. John Connor. Ourimbah, NSW: BookBound 1998 (ix + 75 pp.). ISBN: 1 876231 18 1.
Alzheimer disease: from molecular biology to therapy
Robert Becker, Ezio Giacobini, editors. Boston: Birkhauser 1996 (xiv + 620 pp.). ISBN: 3-7643-3879-2.
Alzheimer’s disease
Ralph W Richter and Brigitte Z Richter. London: Mosby, 2001 (128 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3263 5.
Counseling the Alzheimer's caregiver: a resource for health care professionals
Mary S Mittelman, Cynthia Epstein and Alicia Pierzchala. Chicago: AMA Press, 2002 (vii + 346pp). ISBN 1 5794 7262 1.
Dealing with dementia. A guide to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Brian Draper. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2004 (xvi + 255pp). ISBN 1 86508 853 6.
Diarrhoea and constipation in geriatric practice
Ranjit N Ratnaike, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999 (xiii + 236pp.). ISBN: 0521653886.
Encyclopedia of gerontology: age, aging and the aged. Volume 1, A-K; Volume 2, L-Z.
James E Birren, editor-in-chief. San Diego: Academic Press 1996 (vol 1, xvii + 764 pp.; vol 2, xv + 710 pp.; 2-vol set $550.00). ISBN for 2-vol set: 0-12-226860-1.
If I'd only known: the carer's handbook (for those with a patient to care for)
Arthur Bailey. Brisbane: Boolarong 1995 (iv + 119pp.). ISBN: 0 86439 186 2.
Live stronger live longer: An exercise and lifestyle program for over 40s
Mark Awerbuch. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2001 ($29.95, xviii + 230 pp). ISBN 0 074 71087 7.
Management of dementia
Simon Lovestone and Serge Gauthier. London: Martin Dunitz, 2001 (viii + 168 pp). ISBN 1 85317 739 3.
Managing Alzheimer's disease in primary care
Henry Brodaty. London: Science Press 1998 (v + 82 pp.). ISBN: 1 85873 312 X.
Practical guide to geriatric medicine
Ranjit N Ratnaike (editor). Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2002 ($136.95, xxv + 958 pp). ISBN 0 074 40801 5.
Wholeness in later life
Ruth Bright London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 1998 (209 pp.). ISBN: 1 85302 447 3.

Haematology
Bloody easy. Blood transfusions, blood alternatives and transfusion reactions
J L Callum, P H Pinkerton. Toronto: Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, 2003 (115 pp, book $20.30, electronic subscription $135.30). ISBN 0 9681334 2 4.
BMT data book: A manual for bone marrow and blood stem cell transplantation
Kerry Atkinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998 (xxiv + 582 pp.). ISBN: 0 521 55615 5.
Clinical Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
Kerry Atkinson (editor). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 (xxi + 1500 pp). ISBN 0 521 62288 3.
Clinical practice of transfusion medicine, 3rd ed
L D Petz, S N Swisher, S Kleinman, R K Spence, R G Strauss. New York: Churchill Livingstone 1996 (xv + 1115 pp.). ISBN 0-443-08981-7.
Clinical use of blood in medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, surgery and anaesthesia, trauma and burns
Geneva: World Health Organization, 2001 (337 pp). ISBN 92 4 154538 0.
Hemochromatosis. Genetics, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment
James C Barton, Corwin Q Edwards (editors). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 (xvi+600pp.). ISBN: 0 521 593808.

History
Reading doctors’ writing: race, politics and power in Indigenous health research 1870-1969
David P Thomas. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies, 2004 (xvi + 209 pp). ISBN 0 85575 458 3.
A companion of the history of medicine in Australia 1788–1939
Anthony J Proust. Canberra: A J Proust, 2003 (x + 328 pp). ISBN 0 646 42592 7.
A doctor in the garden: Australian flora and the world of medicine
John Pearn, Brisbane: Amphion Press, 2001 (497 pp). ISBN 1 86499 503 3.
A history of diabetes in Australia
F I R Martin. Melbourne: Miranova 1998 (xviii + 187pp.). ISBN: 0 9587142 2 3.
Art and medicine. Reminiscences and reflections of a retiring surgeon
Desmond O'Shaughnessy. Melbourne: Desmond O'Shaughnessy 1999 (x+87 pp.). ISBN: 0 95869 251 3.
Australasian radiology - a history
James Ryan, Keith Sutton and Malcolm Baigent. Sydney: McGraw-Hill 1996 (xviii + 524pp.). ISBN: 0 07 407207 6.
Australian ways of death: A social and cultural history 1840-1918
Pat Jalland. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2002 (vi + 378pp). ISBN 0 19 550754 1.
Blood and guts: a short history of medicine
Roy Porter. New York: W W Norton, 2002 (199 pp). ISBN 0 393 03762 2.
Cambridge illustrated history of medicine
Roy Porter (editor). Cambridge University Press 2001 (400 pp). ISBN 0-521-00252-4.
Chance and commitment. Memoirs of a medical scientist
Basil S Hetzel. Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2005 (xviii + 301 pp). ISBN 1 86254 686 7.
Cultivation of whiteness (the): science, health and racial destiny in Australia
Warwick H Anderson. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002 (xi + 352pp). ISBN 0 522 84989 X.
Footprints: life and times of Charles Thelander MB ChB(Edin), FRACS. 1883-1959
B L Newell, R P Thelander. Brisbane: Watson Ferguson 1995 (vi + 378 pp.). ISBN: 0-646-22770-X.
For the love of children. My life and medical career
David Buxton Pitt. Melbourne, Pitt Publishing: 1999 (208 pp). ISBN 0 646 38502 X.
Friends of the ordinary doctor
Stuart Patterson. Brisbane: Boolarong 1994 (x + 230pp.). ISBN: 0 8643 9179 X.
Healing the heart: 60 years of Alice Springs Hospital, 1939-1999
Pauline Cockrill. Alice Springs: Pauline Cockrill, 1999 (143 pp). ISBN 0646379178.
In the footsteps of Rontgen. A selection of biographical experiences
H. Irvin. Published with support of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists. Sydney: Hilary Irvin Productions 1995 (216 pp.). ISBN 646-25288-7.
It’s in your blood.
Peter Hendry, Ian Stanger. Melbourne: Brolga Publishing, 2004 (ix + 310 pp). ISBN 1 920785 37 X.
Joined across the water: a history of the Urological Society of Australasia
Sally Wilde. Melbourne, Hyland House 1999 (x + 229 pp). ISBN 616.600601. Available from the Society.
Menders of the mind. A history of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
William D Rubinstein, Hilary L Rubinstein. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1996 (xiii + 274 pp., $44.95). ISBN 019 5539 532.
No flying without wings
Colin Bayliss. Perth: WA Arthritis Foundation 1994 (278 pp.). ISBN: 0646-22059.
On good doctoring
Eric G Saint. Perth: University of Western Australia 1998 (viii +165 pp.). ISBN: 0 646 35315 2.
Paediatric lead poisoning in Queensland: how and why it was so different from paediatric lead poisoning elsewhere
Allen Christophers. Melbourne: Monash University Medical School, 1999 (89 pp) ISBN: 0 957766300.
'Pansy': A life of Roy Douglas Wright
Peter McPhee. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1999 (xiii+265pp.). ISBN: 0 522 84626 2.
Sex and suffering. Women's health and a women's hospital
Janet McCalman. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1998 (xii + 420 pp.). ISBN: 0 522 84837 0.
Spreading germs: disease theory and medical practice in Britain, 1886-1900
Michael Worboys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 ($120, vi + 327 pp). ISBN 0 521 77302 4.
Surgical and medical treatment in art.
Alan E H Emery, Marcia L H Emery. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2005 (138 pp). ISBN 1 85315 695 7.
The art of JAMA
M Therese Southgate. St Louis: American Medical Association 1997 (xviii+221 pp.). ISBN: 0-8151-0994-6.
The art of JAMA II
M Therese Southgate. St Louis: American Medical Association 2001 (xiii+224 pp.). ISBN: 1-57947-159-5.
The dance of life: the life and times of an antipodean surgeon
Rowan Nicks. Melbourne: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1996 (258 pp.; $30.00 by mail from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons). ISBN: 0909844291.
The discovery of insulin, 2nd ed
Michael Bliss. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1996 (304 pp.). ISBN 0-7710-1560-7. The return to Coree
Murray T Pheils. Sydney: Allen and Unwin 1998 (xviii +138pp.). ISBN: 1 86448 852 2.
The doctor in literature: satisfaction or resentment?
Solomon Posen. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2005 (ix + 298 pp). ISBN 1 85775 609 6.
Trikojus: a scientist for interesting times.
Ross Humphreys. Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2004 (xviii + 154 pp). ISBN 0 522 85095 2.

What happened doctor?
Leslie Poidevin. Adelaide: Leslie Poidevin, 1999 (191 pp.). ISBN 0-9588361-5-9.

Immunology & allergy
AIDS knowledge base (the)
A textbook on HIV disease from the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital. 3rd edition. PT Cohen, Merle A Sande, Paul A Volberding, editors. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 1999 (xxiii+966pp.). ISBN: 0 316 14903 9.
Allergies and their management
Ronald S Walls. Sydney: Maclennan and Petty 1997 (ix+259 pp.). ISBN: 0-86433-115-0.
Allergy. Your questions answered
Helen E Smith, Anthony J Frew. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2003 (220 pp). ISBN 0 4430 7291 4.
Germ warfare. Breakthroughs in immunology
Alan Baxter. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1999 (xix + 220pp). ISBN: 1 86508 070 5.
Immunofacts. Vaccines and immunologies
John D Grabstein. St Louis: Facts and Comparisons, 2002 (x + 1097 pp). ISBN 1 57439 184 4.
Learning to trust: Australia’s responses to AIDS.
Paul Sendziuk. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2003 (x + 262 pp). ISBN 0 86840 718 6.
Medical management of AIDS in children
William T Shearer, I Celine Hanson (editors). Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003 (xii + 446 pp). ISBN 0 7216 8284 7.
Understanding chronic fatigue syndrome. Better ways of managing your lifestyle
A Jackson. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2000 ($22.95, 191 pp). ISBN: 1 86508 407 7.
Vaccination. The facts, the fear, the future
Gordon Ada, David Isaacs. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2000 (xxi + 241 pp). ISBN: 1 868508 223 6.
Vaccines, vaccination and the immune response
Gordon L Ada, Alistair J Ramsay. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven 1997 (xii+247 pp.). ISBN: 0-397-58761-9.

Infectious diseases
Australian arboviruses of medical importance: a handbook for general practitioners and other clinicians
Clement R Boughton. Melbourne: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Services 1996 (67pp., RACGP members $16.00, nonmembers $12.00). ISBN: 0-86906-094-5.
Bioterrorism: guidelines for medical and public health management
Donald A Henderson, Thomas V Inglesby, Tara O'Toole. (250pp). ISBN 1-57947-280-X.
Cultivation of whiteness (the): science, health and racial destiny in Australia
Warwick H Anderson. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002 (xi + 352pp). ISBN 0 522 84989 X.
Current clinical topics in infectious diseases
Jack S Remington, Morton N Swartz (Editors). Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999 (336 pp). ISBN: 0 632 04402 0.
Current diagnosis and treatment in infectious diseases
Walter R Wilson and Merle A Sande, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001 (xix + 987 pp). ISBN 0-07-118185-3.
Exotic viral diseases. A global guide
Stephen A Berger, Charles H Calisher, Jay S Keystone. Hamilton, Ontario: B C Decker, 2003 (xii + 252 pp + CDROM). ISBN 1 55009 205 7.
Fast facts - infections highlights 1997
Mark H Wilcox (editor). Oxford: Health Press 1998 (88pp.). ISBN: 1 899541 02 0.
Hot topics: Infectious diseases.
Vincent Lo Re (editor). Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, 2004 (xiii + 395 pp). ISBN 1 56053 580 6.
Infection highlights 1998-99
Mark H Wilcox, editor. Oxford: Health Press 1999 (102pp.). ISBN: 1-899541-67-5.
Infection highlights 1999-2000
Mark H Wilcox, editor. Oxford: Health Press 2000 (87pp.). ISBN: 1-899541-19-5.
Infectious diseases. A clinical approach
Allen P Yung et al. (eds.) Melbourne: Yung, McDonald, Spelman, Street and Johnson, 2001 ($82.50, xii + 476 pp). ISBN 0 7340 2101 1.
Level 4: virus hunters of the CDC
J B McCormick, S Fisher-Hoch, L A Horvitz. Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton (viii + 381pp., $24.95).
ISBN 0-7336-0390-4.
Mad cows and modernity. Cross-disciplinary reflections on the crisis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Iain McCalman, Benjamin Penny, Misty Cook, editors. Canberra: Australian National University 1998 (ix + 190 pp.). ISBN: 0-7315-3305-4.
Malaria frontline. Australian army research during World War II
Anthony W Sweeney. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2003 ($39.95, xxiv +376 pp). ISBN 0 522 85033 2.
Therapeutic guidelines. Antibiotic. Version 12
Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines, 2003 (xv + 406 pp). ISSN 1329 5039.
Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment
World Health Organization. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005 (xiv + 182 pp). ISBN 92 4 156300 1.
Rapid Refererence: Influenza.
Jan Wilschut, Janet E McElhaney. London: Mosby, 2004 (viii + 216 pp). ISBN 0 7 234 3385 2.
Tropical health in the Top End. An introduction for health professionals
Darwin: Top End Division of General Practice, 2003 (164 pp). ISBN 1877021024.

Informatics & publishing
ABC of medical computing
Nicholas Lee, Andrew Millman, authors and editors. London: BMJ Publishing Group 1996 (viii+93 pp., £20). ISBN: 0-7279-1046-9.
Don't just surf: effective research strategies for the net
Maureen Henninger. University of New South Wales Press: Sydney 1997 (vi + 138 pp.). ISBN 0-86840-480-2.
Guide to medical informatics, the internet and telemedicine
Enrico Coiera. London: Chapman & Hall Medical 1997 (376pp.). ISBN: 0 412 75710 9.
Handbook of medical informatics
Van Bemmel JH, Musen MA. Geneva: WHO 1997 (xi + 621pp.). ISBN: 4 450 63351 0.
Health informatics: an overview
E J S Hovenga, M R Kidd, B Cesnik, editors. Melbourne: Churchill Livingstone, 1996 (xv +374 pp.). ISBN: 0-443-05430-4.
Publishing your medical research paper. What they don't teach in medical school
Daniel W Burn. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins 1998 (xv + 298pp.). ISBN: 0 683 30074 1.

Insects, bites & stings
Dangerous Australian animals
Struan Sutherland and Guy Nolch. Sydney: Hyland House, 2000 (201 pp). ISBN:1 86447 0763.
Venomous and poisonous marine animals. A medical and biological handbook
JA Williamson, PJ Fenner, JW Burnett, JF Rifkin, editors. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1996 (800 pp., $150.00). ISBN 0-86840-279-6.

Intensive care
Anaesthesia and intensive care A to Z: an encyclopaedia of principles and practice
Steven M Yentis, Nicholas P Hirsch, Gary B Smith. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 2000 ($140.00, 577 pp). ISBN: 0 7506 3249 6.
Clinical intensive care
Ken Hillman, Gillian Bishop. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1996 (xvii + 835 pp.). ISBN: 0-521-47812-x.
Practical intensive care medicine: problem solving in the ICU
Charles F Corke. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 2000 ($64.85; viii + 174 pp). ISBN 0 7506 4752 3.

Law
Communication for doctors. How to improve patient care and minimize legal risks.
David Woods, editor. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2004 (xi + 125pp). ISBN 1 85775 895 1.
Ethics, law and medical practice
Kerry J Breen, Vernon D Plueckhahn, Stephen M Cordner. Sydney: Allen and Unwin 1997 (xviii + 367 pp.). ISBN: 1-86448-407-1.
Guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment (4th edition)
American Medical Association 1995 (xvii + 339 pp.). ISBN: 0 89970 553 7.
HIV and hepatitis C. Policy, discrimination, legal and ethical issues
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine. Sydney: ASHM, 2005 (136 pp). ISBN 1 920773 20 7.
Law for the medical profession in Australia, 2nd ed
A Dix, M Errington, K Nicholson, R Powe. Melbourne: Butterworth-Heinemann 1996 (xviii + 386 pp.). ISBN 0-7506-8929-3.
Medical aspects of personal injury litigation
M Barnes, B Braithwaite, A Ward, editors. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1997 (xii + 417pp.). ISBN: 0 632 04176 5.
Medical negligence. The cranium, spine and nervous system
J Garfield, C J Earl (editors). Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999 (ix+350pp.). ISBN: 0 632 05183 3.
Medicine for lawyers. Roy Palmer, Diana Wetherill (editors). London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2005 (x + 196 pp). ISBN 1 85315 548 9.

Microbiology
A colour atlas of medical parasitology
CD-ROM pathology edition and CD-ROM student edition (biomedical edition). Robin A Cooke and Brian Stewart. Knowledge Books and Software 1999 (382 images; $95.00 each disc). ISBN 1 875219-68-4.
Helicobacter pylori: techniques for clinical diagnosis and basic research
Adrian Lee and Francis Megrand. London: Harcourt Brace 1996 (xiv + 305 pp.). ISBN: 0 7020 1999.
Microbial diseases of occupations, sports and recreations
CH Collins, TC Aw, JM Grange. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinmann 1997 (vii + 174 pp.). ISBN: 0-7506-2183-4.
Rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections. Unraveling the mysteries of a dread disease
Benedict F Massell. Boston: Francis A Countway Library of Medicine/Harvard University Press 1997 (xi + 394 pp.). ISBN: 0 674 76877 9.
Vaccines, vaccination and the immune response
Gordon L Ada, Alistair J Ramsay. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven 1997 (xii+247 pp.). ISBN: 0-397-58761-9.

Military medicine
Malaria frontline. Australian army research during World War II
Anthony W Sweeney. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2003 ($39.95, xxiv +376 pp). ISBN 0 522 85033 2.
Military stress and performance. The Australian Defence Force experience
George E Kearney, Mark Creamer, Ric Marshall, Anne Goyne. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2003 (xv + 278 pp). ISBN 0 522 85054 5.
No flying without wings
Colin Bayliss. Perth: WA Arthritis Foundation 1994 (278 pp.). ISBN: 0646-22059.

Neurology
110 Puzzling cases of epilepsy
Dieter Schmidt, Steven C Schachter (editors). London: Martin Dunitz, 2002 (xxiv + 451pp). ISBN 1 85317 962 0.
Analytic neurology. Examining the evidence for clinical practice
Michael Benatar. Amsterdam: Butterworth Heinemann, 2003 (xvi + 328 pp). ISBN 0 7506 7440 7.
Color atlas of neurology
Reinhard Rohkamm. Stuttgart: Thieme, 2004 (440 pp; $54.55). ISBN 3 13 130931 8.
Essentials of clinical neurophysiology, 2nd ed
Karl E Misulis. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann 1997 (xiv + 378 pp.). ISBN: 0-7506-9887-X
Fast facts: epilepsy. 3rd ed
Martin Brodie, Steven Schachter, Patrick Kwan. Oxford: Health Press, 2005 (127 pp). ISBN 1 903734 30 4
Feeling dizzy. Understanding and treating vertigo, dizziness, and other balance disorders. 1st paperback ed
BW Blakley, M-E Siegel. New York: Macmillan 1997 (244 pp.). ISBN 0-02-861680-4.
Functional neuroanatomy. Text and atlas
Adel K Afifi, Ronald A Bergman. New York: McGraw-Hill 1998 (xii + 730 pp.). ISBN: 0 07 001 589 0.
Headache. Blue books of practical neurology, vol. 17
P Goadsby, S Silberstein, editors. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann 1997 (xiii+411 pp.). ISBN: 0-7506-9871-3.
Headache disorders. A management guide for practitioners
Alan M Rapoport, Fred D Sheftell. Philadelphia: W B Saunders 1996 (x + 162 pp.). ISBN: 0-7216-4051-6.
Management of ischemic stroke
Stanley N Cohen (editor). New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000 (xiii + 680 pp). ISBN 0 07 0120455.
Managing epilepsy in primary care
Malcolm P Taylor. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1996 (x + 172 pp.). ISBN 0-86542-972-3.
Managing migraine in primary care
Anne MacGregor. Oxford: Blackwell Science 1999 (vii + 239pp.). ISBN: 0 632 05083 7.
Mechanism and management of headache. 7th ed.
James W Lance, Peter J Goadsby. Pennsylvania: Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005 (+ 392 pp). ISBN: 0 75067530 6.
Migraine
Andrew J Dowson, Roger K Cady. London: Mosby, 2002 (v + 168 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3277 5.
Migraine and other headaches. A practical guide to understanding, preventing and treating headaches
James W Lance. Sydney: Simon and Schuster 1998 (256pp.). ISBN: 0 7318 0740 5.
Migraine and other headaches
Your questions answered. Andrew J Dowson. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2003 (256 pp). ISBN 0 443 07339 2.
Multiple sclerosis
Jurg Kesselring, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1997 (xii+214 pp., US$59). ISBN: 0 521 48018 3.
Multiple sclerosis
Sharon Warren and Kenneth Warren. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2001 (ix + 123 pp). ISBN 92 4 156203 X.
Netter’s neurology
H Royden Jones. Teterboro: Icon Learning Systems, 2005 (xxvii + 980 pp). ISBN 1 929007 06 X.
Neurologic disorders in women
Merit E Cudkowicz, Michael C Irizarry. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann 1997 (xv+162 pp.). ISBN: 0-7506-9745-8.
Parkinson's at your fingertips
Marie Oxtoby, Adrian Williams, Robert Iansek. Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 2002 (250 pp). ISBN 0 7234 3263 5.
Pharmacological management of neurological and psychiatric disorders
S J Enna, Joseph T Coyle, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill 1998 (xiv + 594 pp.). ISBN: 0 07 021764 5.
Practical neurology
Jose Biller, editor. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven 1997 (xvii + 725 pp.). ISBN: 0-316-09483-8.
Rapid reference. Stroke.
Michael G Hennerici, Julien Bogousslavsky, Ralph L Sacco. London: Mosby, 2004 (viii + 154 pp). ISBN: 07234 33356.
Stroke management. A multi-disciplinary approach
Joanne Thompson, editor. Melbourne: The Royal Melbourne Hospital Stroke Service 1996 (64 pp.). No ISBN.
Taking control of multiple sclerosis
George A Jelinek. Melbourne, Hyland House, 2000 (vii + 160 pp). ISBN 1 8644 7086 0.
The care of neuropathic limbs: a practical manual
Grace Warren, Sydney Nade. Carnforth, Lancs: Parthenon Publishing 1999 (xi + 177pp.). ISBN: 1850700486.
The neurology short case. 2nd ed
John G L Morris. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005 (155 pp +CD-ROM). ISBN 0 340 88516 5.
The cranial nerves
Dominique Doyon, Kathlyn Marsot-Dupuch, Jean-Paul Francke. Teterboro NJ: Icon Learning Systems, 2004 (xiv + 255 pp). ISBN 1 929007 54 X.
Tourette Syndrome: the facts
Mary M Robertson and Simon Baron-Cohen. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998 (110 pp.). ISBN: 0 19 852398 X.

Neurosurgery
Essential neurosurgery, 2nd ed
Andrew H Kaye. New York: Churchill Livingstone 1997 (x + 429.). ISBN: 0-443-05347-2.
Mild head injury. A guide to management
Philip Wrightson and Dorothy Gronwall. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1999 (x+182pp). ISBN: 0 19 262939 5.
Neurosurgery in the tropics. A practical approach to common problems
Jeffrey Rosenfeld, David Watters. London: MacMillan, 2000 (473 pp) ISBN: 0 333 68412 5.
P.S. This accident has changed everyone and everything. A guide to understanding head injury
Kathleen Griffiths. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Association 1997 (383 pp., Price $26.50). ISBN: 0 909 881 12 X.

Nursing
Nursing matters: critical sociological perspectives
Helen Keleher, Fran McInerney, editors. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone 1998 (201 pp.). ISBN: 0 443 05433 9.

Nutrition
Anthropometrica. A textbook of body measurements for sport and health courses
Kevin Norton, Tim Olds, editors. Sydney: University of NSW Press 1996 (xi + 411 pp.) ISBN: 0 86840 2230.
Does red meat cause cancer?
Peter Baghurst, Sally Record, Julie Syrette. Canberra: Dietitians Association of Australia, 1997 (44pp.).
Experts’ weight loss guide for doctors and health professionals and all those serious about health
Garry J Egger and Andrew Binns. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2001 (x + 156 pp). ISBN 1865085774.
Food & nutrition: Australasia, Asia and the Pacific
Mark Wahlqvist, editor. Sydney: Allen and Unwin 1997 (viii + 568pp.). ISBN: 1 86448 220 6.
Gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and nutritional physiology
E B Chang, M D Sitrin, D D Black. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1996 (ix + 302 pp.). ISBN 0-781-70262-3.
Gastrostomies: all you need to know
Stella Dohle, Evelyn Volders, Ruth Tulip, A G Catto-Smith. Melbourne: Royal Children's Hospital (Child Health Information Centre) 1997 (24 pp.). No ISBN.
Medical management of eating disorders
C Laird Birmingham, Pierre Beumont. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 (xi + 289 pp). ISBN 0 521 54662 1.
The omega plan
Artemis P Simopoulos and Jo Robinson. Sydney: Hodder Headline 1998 (xiv +370 pp.. ISBN: 0 7336 0934 1.

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