Practical General Practice
These are books giving you an insight to the non-clinical aspects of General Practice; an area not to be underestimated and an important part of the MRCGP. Doctors these days are expected to be good managers too.
Churchill’s Pocketbook of General Practice Cartwright, Godlee
Local Regional Guidelines
Making Sense of General Practice Ellis
Oxford Registrar Pocket Guide (Oxford Series)
Minor Surgery
For the Doctor’s Bag
A-Z Pocketbook of Symptom Control Kaye
Emergencies in General Practice Mould, Martin, Bouchier-Hayes
Handbook of Emergencies in General Practice Lawrence, Watts, Harrington, Hope
Psychotropic Drug Directory Bazire
What to do in a Paediatric Emergency Higginson, Montgomery, Munro
Reference
These are books that should be available in your surgery room for reference
BNF (or Mims) Joint Formulary Committee
Dermatology Atlas (access to one of many)
Health Information for Overseas Travel Field, Ford, Hill
Immunisation Against Infectious Disease
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Department of Health
General Medical Textbook
A General Medical textbook for Reference eg:
Clinical Medicine Kumar, Clarke
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine Longmore, Wilkinson, Baldwin
Communication
Few will have time to read all these. Just choose 1-3 books but be aware of the others (especially for the MRCGP)
Doctors Talking to Patients Byrne, Long
Games People Play Berne
How to Break Bad News Buckman
Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics Malan
Relating to the Relatives: Breaking Bad News – Communication and Support Brewin, Sparshott
Richard Asher Talking Sense Asher
Six minutes for the Patient Balint, Norell
Skills for Communicating with Patients Silverman
Talking with Patients Myerscough, Ford
Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine Kurtz, Silverman, Draper
Teaching Interpersonal Skills Burnard
The Consultation Toolkit Drucquer, Hutchinson
The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness Balint
The Doctor, the Patient and the Group Balint, Courtenay, Elder, Hull, Julian
The Doctor’s Communication Handbook Tate, Tate
The Dr-Patient Relationship Brown, Freeling
The Fifteen Minute Hour: Applied Psychotherapy for the Primary Care Physician Stuart, Lieberman
The Inner Consultation Neighbour
The New Consultation: An Approach to Learning and Teaching Pendleton, Schofield, Tate, Havelock
The Official Doctor-Patient Handbook Duckworth
What are you feeling, Doctor? Salinsky, Sackin