Books - Medical Resources

Becoming a Doctor : Surviving and Thriving in the Early Postgraduate Years

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Burnand, J. (2007). Becoming a doctor : surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years. Marrickville, N.S.W., Elsevier Australia....
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Making Money : The Keys to Financial Success

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Clitheroe, P. and C. Walker (2007). Making money : the keys to financial success. Camberwell, Vic., Viking....
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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty

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Freeman, B. (2007). The ultimate guide to choosing a medical specialty. New York, McGraw-Hill Medical. A very useful and reader-friendly medical specialty guide written by doctors for students, blending first-hand experience with facts and figures to capture the essence of all the major specialties.
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The Medical Job Interview : Secrets for Success

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Mumford, C. J. (2005). The medical job interview : secrets for success. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Pub....
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The Barefoot Investor : Five Steps to Financial Freedom

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Pape, S. (2007). The barefoot investor : five steps to financial freedom. North Melbourne, Vic., Pluto Press Australia....
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How to Choose a Medical Specialty

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Taylor, A. D. (2003). How to choose a medical specialty. Philadelphia, Pa., Saunders....
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The House of God

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Shem, S. (2003). The House of God. New York, Delta Trade Pbks....
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

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Gawande, A. (2003). Complications : a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science. New York, Picador. “No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande. His stories about becoming a surgeon are scary, funny, absorbing....Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies.”-Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the Moon Read a review in the JAMA....
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How to Pass: The Insider's Guide to the RACP Examinations

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"Hopefully, the path to these gruelling exams will be made easier with the release of Australasia’s first purpose-written survival guide. ‘How to Pass: An insider’s guide to the RACP examinations’ is the brainchild of Zoë Raos and Ingrid Naden, who wrote the book in conjunction with the Clinical Education and Training Unit (CETU) at Auckland District Health Board..." Read more from the IMSANZ website....
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Careers in Medicine. The Avant Handbook

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To purchase this book contact Avant directly....
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

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"Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does—humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks’s compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophilia,...
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Vascular Surgery

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This book is designed to meet the needs of the vascular surgery trainee. It can be carried in the pocket for easy access and provides practical advice on all commonly encountered peripheral vascular problems. It focuses on surgical detail, but also carries background information on presentation and details on preoperative investigation and postoperative management. It gives relevant information for use when seeking patient consent. Each operation carries the latest OPCS code, increasingly important in recording surgical activity. Contents Arterial and venous disease Arterial history and examination Venous history and examination Investigation of arterial and venous disease non-operative treatment of arterial...
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