General practice
- Booton, P, Cooper, C, Easton, G and Harper, M (eds.) General Practice at a Glance, London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- Stephenson, A. (ed.) A Textbook of General Practice. London: Hodder Arnold, 2004.
- Fraser, R C. (ed) Clinical Method: a General Practice approach. London: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999.
- Silverman J, Kurtz S and Draper J. Skills for Communicating with Patients. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004. Very comprehensive and reviews all the supporting research evidence.
- Tate, P. The Doctor’s Communication Handbook. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press,
5th edn 2006.
- Douglas, G, Nicol, F and Robertson, C (eds.) Macleod’s Clinical Examination, London: Elsevier, 2005.
- Hope, T, Savulescu J and Hendrick J Medical Ethics and Law: the core curriculum, London: Churchill Livingstone, 2008.
- Clinical skills
Oncology and Palliative Care
- Oxford Handbook of Oncology
- Adjuvant Online – program for patients and health professionals to determine benefits from adjuvant therapy www.adjuvantonline.com
- Macmillan Cancer Care and Support – includes a wealth of patient information sheets about specific cancers and its treatment www.macmillan.org.uk
- National Institute of Health websitehttp://health.nih.gov/category/Cancers
- National Cancer Survivorship Initiative www.ncsi.org.uk
- Office of National Statistics – UK statistics for cancer incidence and survival www.statistics.gov.uk
- ABC of Palliative Care Ed. Marie Fallon Geoffrey Hanks BMJ Books
- Palliative Care Formulary PCF3 Ed. Robert Twycross, Andrew Wilcox Palliative drugs.com 2007
- Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Ed. Derek Doyle, Geoffrey hanks, Nathan Cherny, Kenneth Calman Oxford University Press 2005
- Symptom Management in Advanced Disease Robert Twycross 3rd Edition Radcliffe Medical Press 2003
Care of the dying John Ellershaw Susie Wilkinson Oxford University Press 2003
- The Dying Patient Robert Twycross CMF (available Palliative Care Office St Mary’s Hospital)
- Orla McArdle and Deidre O’Mahony, Oncology, An illustrated colour test, Churchill Livingstone
- Neal AJ and Hoskin PJ, Clinical Oncology Basic Principles and Practice, 4th Edition, Hodder
- Stephens and Aigner, Basics of Oncology, Springer
- Souhami and Tobias, Cancer and its management, 5th Edition, Blackwell
- Oxford Handbook of Oncology, 5th Edition, Oxford University Press
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