Recommended Reading

Medical

Admissions - Allopathic MD

Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools, 9th Edition
Saul Wischnitzer and Edith Wischnitzer (Contributor)
(Barron's Educational Series, August 2000) ISBN: 0764173758

The Complete Medical School Preparation & Admissions Guide
Andrew Goliszek, M.D.
(Healthnet Press, February 2000) ISBN: 0961647566

Get Into Medical School!: A Guide for the Perplexed
Kenneth V. Iserson, M.D.
(Galen Press Ltd., February 1997) ISBN: 1883620236

Medical School Admissions Requirements, United States and Canada, 2003-2004
(The Association of American Medical Colleges [www.aamc.org], 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-1126; 202-828-0400)

Admissions - Osteopathic DO

The Education of Osteopathic Physicians
(American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine [www.aacom.org], 5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite 310, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7231; 301-968-4100)

Admissions - International Schools

The Complete Guide to Foreign Medical Schools: In Plain English
Nilanjan Sen, Ilana Sparrow (Editor)
(Indus Publishing Corporation, November 1997) ISBN: 1890838004

Foreign Medical Schools for U.S. Citizens
Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. (1995 edition is available by contacting Prehealth advisor or by writing to: Carlos Pestana M.D., Ph.D., P.O. Box 790617, San Antonio, TX 78279-0617)

Education and Training

Baby Doctor
Perri Klass
(Random House,1992 [out of print])

Becoming a Doctor: A Journey of Initiation in Medical School
Melvin Konner, M.D.
(Penguin USA, July 1988 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0140111166

Becoming Doctors
Parminder Bolina (Editor)
(Student Doctors Press, 1997) ISBN: 188805803X

Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals
Geri-Ann Galanti
(University of Pennsylvania Press, February 1997 [2nd edition]) ISBN: 0812216083

Educational and Career Opportunities in Alternative Medicine
Rosemary Jones
(Prima Publishing, May 1998) ISBN: 0761512446

The 50 Most Positive Doctors in America
Mike Magee, M.D. (Editor)
(Spencer Books, 1996) ISBN: 1889793000

Gentle Vengeance: An Account of the First Year at Harvard Medical School
Charles LeBaron
(Viking Press [out of print])

Health Care Systems Around the World: Characteristics, Issues, Reforms
Marie L. Lassey, William R. Lassey and Martin Jinks
(Prentice Hall, July 1996) ISBN: 0131042335

Health Professional and Patient Interaction, 5th Edition
Ruth B. Purtilo and Amy Marie Haddad
(W.B. Saunders Co., January 1996) ISBN: 0721660487

A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years As a Medical Student
Perri Klass
(Plume, July 1994 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0452272580

Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography
Albert Schweitzer, Antie Bultmann Lemke, et al
(Johns Hopkins University Press, November 1998) ISBN: 0801860970

The Principles of Positive Leadership: Lessons for Positive Living
Mike Magee, M.D.
(Spencer Books, 1995) ISBN: 1889793019

Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care
Kenneth Ludmerer
(Oxford University Press, October 1999) ISBN: 0195118375

White Coat: Becoming a Doctor at Harvard Medical School
Ellen Lerner Rothman
(Quill, April 2000) ISBN: 0688175899

The Practice of Medicine

Beyond Love
Dominique Lapierre and Kathryn Spink (Translator)
(Warner Books [out of print])

The Doctor Stories
William Carlos Williams, Robert Coles (Editor)
(W.W. Norton & Company, April 1985) ISBN: 0811209261

Empathy and the Practice of Medicine: Beyond Pills and the Scalpel
Howard Spiro, Mary McCrea Curnen (Editor), et al
(Yale University Press, March 1996 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0300066708

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Ben Carson with Cecil Murphey
(Zondervan Publishing House, March 1998) ISBN: 0310214696

Healing the Wounds: A Physician Looks at his Work
David Hilfiker
(Creighton University Press, April 1997) ISBN: 1881871231

Housecalls: How We Can All Heal the World One Visit at a Time
Patch Adams, Robin Williams and Jerry Van Amerongen
(Robert D. Reed, November 1998) ISBN: 1885003188

In the Country of Hearts: Journeys in the Art of Medicine
John Stone
(Louisiana State University Press, November 1996 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0807121045

Letters to a Young Doctor
Richard Selzer
(Harvest Books, April 1996 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0156003996

Life After Medical School: Thirty-Two Doctors Describe How They Shaped Their Medical Careers
Leonard Laster, M.D.
(W.W. Norton & Company, July 1996) ISBN: 0393710300

The Medical Patient

Articulations: The Body and Illness in Poetry
Jon Mukan (Editor)
(University of Iowa Press, November 1994) ISBN: 0877454787

At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness
Arthur W. Frank
(Houghton Mifflin Company, May 1992 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0395624304

Blood & Bone: Poems By Physicians
Angela Belli and Jack Coulehan (Editors)
(University of Iowa Press, October 1998) ISBN: 0877456372

The Call of Stories
Robert Coles
(Houghton Mifflin Company, January 1990) ISBN: 0395528151

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Stryon
(Vintage Books, January 1992) ISBN: 0679736395

Doctors: The Biography of Medicine
Sherwin B. Nuland
(Vintage Books, January 1995 [reissue edition]) ISBN: 0679760091

Girl Interrupted (Film by the same title)
Susanna Kaysen
(Vintage Books, June 1994 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0679746048

How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
Sherwin B. Nuland
(Vintage Books, January 1995) ISBN: 0679742441

The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing and the Human Condition
Arthur Kleinman
(Basic Books, September 1989 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0465032044

Intoxicated By My Illness and Other Writings on Life and Death
Anatole Broyard
(Fawcett Books [out of print])

It's Always Something
Gilda Radner
(Avon Books) ISBN: 038081322X

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal
Rachel Naomi Remen
(Riverhead Books, August 1997) ISBN: 1573226106

A Leg to Stand On
Oliver W. Sacks
(Touchstone Books, April 1998 [reprint edition]) ISBN: 0684853957

Medical Choices, Medical Chances: How Patients, Families and Physicians Can Cope With Uncertainty
Harold Bursztajn, Richard Feinbloom, Hilary Putnam (Preface)
(iUniversity.com, February 2001) ISBN: 0595165176

A Taste of My Own Medicine (The Doctor - a film staring William Hurt)
Edward Roenbaum
1988

Dentistry

Admissions

Admission Requirements of U.S. and Canadian Dental Schools Entering Class of 2004 (updated annually)
(American Dental Education Association [www.adea.org], 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-2212; 202-667-9433)

Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools, 9th Edition
Saul Wischnitzer and Edith Wischnitzer (Contributor)
(Barron's Educational Series, August 2000) ISBN: 0764173758

How to Get into the Right Dental School (How to Get into Series)
Carla S. Rogers
(Vgm Career Horizons, December 1998) ISBN: 084464547

History of Dental Medicine

Dental Education at the Crossroads: Challenges and Change
Marilyn J. Field
(National Academy Press, January 1995) ISBN: 0309051959

Dentistry: An Illustrated History
Malvin E. Ring
(Publisher Unknown, September 1992) ISBN: 0810981165

The Excruciating History of Dentistry: Toothsome Tales & Oral Oddities from Babylon to Braces
James Wynbrandt
(Saint Martins Press, May 1998) ISBN: 0312185766

The Story of Dentistry and the School on University Circle
C.H. Cramer
(Case Western Reserve University, 1982)

The Practice of Dentistry

Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient
James W. Little (Editor), et al
(Mosby-Year Book, December 1996) ISBN: 0815156340

Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the Community, 5th Edition
Brian A. Burt, Steven A. Eklund, Amid Ismail
(W.B. Saunders Company, February 1999) ISBN: 0721673090

Opportunities in Dental Care Careers (Vgm Opportunties Series)
Bonnie L. Kendall, Blythe Camemson, Elizabeth C. Sidney
(NTC Publishing Group, October 2000 [revised edition]) ISBN: 0658004786

Practice Management for the Dental Team
Betty Ladley Finkbeiner and Charles Allan Finkbeiner
(Mosby-Year Book, January 1996) ISBN: 0815132417

The Dental Patient

Nothin' Personal Doc, But I Hate Dentists!
Joleen Jackson, McHenry "Mac" Lee, Vicki J. Audette
(IHD Publishing, November 1999) ISBN: 096748510

The Principled Practice: A Comprehensive Guide to the Non-Clinical Aspects of Dentistry
Cheryl A. Matschek
(Pennwell Publishing, May 1995) ISBN: 0943367050

Optometry

Admissions

American Optometric Association [www.aoanet.org]
243 North Lindberg Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63141; 314-991-4100

Information for Applicants to Schools and Colleges of Optometry
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry [www.opted.org], 1730 "M" Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

OAT: Complete Preparation for the Optometry Admission Test, 2001 Edition, The Science of Review
Aftab S. Hassan
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, March 2000) ISBN: 0781728401

Schools and Colleges of Optometry: Admissions Requirements
(Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry [www.opted.org], 6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 510, Rockville, MD 20852; 301-231-5944)

The Practice of Optometry

Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, A Practical Manual
David B. Elliott and John Flanagan (Editors)
(Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, November 1997) ISBN: 0750632135

Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science
Michel Millodot
(Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, March 2000) ISBN: 0750643730

The Fine Art of Prescribing Glasses Without Making a Spectacle of Yourself
Benjamin Milder, Melvin L. Rubin and George W. Weinstein (Designer)
(Triad Publishing Company, July 1991) ISBN: 0937404020

Management for the Eyecare Practitioner
Irving Bennett
(Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, January 1993) ISBN: 0750693193

Nutritional and Environmental Influences on the Eye (Modern Nutrition [Boca Raton, Fla.]) Allen Taylor (Editor)
(CRC Press, April 1999) ISBN: 0849385652

Professional Communications in Eye Care
Ellen Richter Ettinger
(Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, January 1994) ISBN: 0750693061

Visual Fields (Basic Bookshelf for Eyecare Professionals)
Neil T. Choplin and Russell P. Edwards
(Slack Inc., April 1998) ISBN: 1556423632

Veterinary

Admissions

Preveterinary Planning Guide: Preparation, Planning and Admission Procedures to Veterinary (D.V.M. Medical Colleges)
Jane D. Crawford
(Betz Publishing Company [out of print])

Veterinary Medical School Admissions Requirements in U.S. & Canada, 2003 Edition for 2004 matriculation
(Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges [www.aavmc.org], 1101 Vermont Avenue, Suite 710, Washington, DC 20005; 202-371-9195 and Purdue University Press) ISBN: 1557531684

History of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History
Robert H. Dunlop and David J. Williams (Contributor)
(Mosby-Year Book, January 1996) ISBN: 0801632099

Veterinary Education, Training and Careers

Career Choices for Veterinarians: Beyond Private Practice
Carin A. Smith DVM
(Smith Veterinary Services, October 1998) ISBN: 1885780087

Opportunities in Animal and Pet Care Careers (Vgm Opportunities)
Mary Price Lee and Richard S. Lee (Contributor)
(Vgm Career Horizons, October 1993) ISBN: 0844240818

Opportunities in Veterinary Medicine Careers (Vgm Opportunities)
Robert E. Swope and Sarah Beth Mikesell
(Vgm Career Horizons, April 1993) ISBN: 0844240605

Opportunities in Zoos and Aquariums (Vgm Opportunities Series)
Blythe Camenson
(Vgm Career Horizons, October 1997) ISBN: 0844223131

Veterinarian (Career Exploration)
Michael Burgan
(Capstone Press, February 2000) ISBN: 0736804935

The Practice of Veterinary Medicine

Building the Successful Veterinary Practice, Volume 1: Leadership Tools
Thomas E. Catanzaro
(Iowa State University Press, January 1997) ISBN: 0813828198

Building the Successful Veterinary Practice, Volume 2: Programs and Procedures
Thomas E. Catanzaro
(Iowa State University Press, January 1998) ISBN: 0813823994

Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Small Animals
Karen L. Overall
(Mosby-Year Book, January 1997) ISBN: 0801668204

Saunders Manual of Small Animal Practice
Stephen J. Birchard and Robert G. Sherding (Editors)
(W.B. Saunders Company, July 2000) ISBN: 0721670784

Veterinary Healthcare Services: Options in Delivery
Thomas E. Catanzaro (Editor), Tom Haig, Peter Weinstein, Judi Leake, Heather Howell
(Iowa State University Press, January 2000) ISBN: 0813809290

The Veterinary Patient/Animal

All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
(Saint Martins, April 1998) ISBN: 0312965788

All Things Bright and Beautiful
James Herriot
(Saint Martins, July 1998) ISBN: 0312966199

All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Herriot
(Saint Martins, July 1998) ISBN: 0312966555

Animal ER: Extraordinary Stories of Hope and Healing from One of the World's Leading Veterinary Hospitals
Vicki Croke (Contributor), Philip C. Kosch
(Plume, October 2000) ISBN: 0452281016

Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists
Katherine Albro Houpt
(Iowa State University Press, January 1998) ISBN: 0813810612

Every Living Thing
James Herriot
(Saint Martins, April 1996) ISBN: 0312950586

Fields and Pastures New: My First Year As a Country Vet
John McCormack, Elisa Wares (Editor)
(Fawcett Books, November 1997) ISBN: 0449225364

Love, Miracles, and Animal Healing: A Heartwarming Look at the Spiritual Bond Between Animals and Humans
Allen M. Schoen and Pam Proctor (Contributor)
(Fireside, July 1996) ISBN: 0684822733

Podiatry

Admissions

Podiatry Information-General Information for Prospective Students of Pediatric Medicine
(American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine [www.aacpm.org], 1350 Piccard Drive, Suite 322, Rockville, MD 20850-4307; 800-922-9266)

The Practice of Podiatry

Coding and Payment Guide for Podiatry Services, 2001
St. Anthony
(St. Anthony Publishing, February 2001) ISBN: 1563297388

Common Foot Problems in Primary Care
Richard B. Birrer, Michael P. Dellacorte and Patrick J. Grisafi
(Hanley and Belfus, March 1992) ISBN: 1560530502

Exploring Careers in Podiatry
Edward Epstein
(Rosen Publishing Group, June 1983) ISBN: 0823905519

The Foot and Its Disorders
Leslie Klenerman (Editor)
(Blackwell Science Inc., November 1991) ISBN: 063202951X

The Foot: Examination & Diagnosis
Ian J. Alexander
(Churchill Livingstone, January 1997) ISBN: 0443076561

How to Buy, Sell, and Share a Practice of Podiatric Medicine
Jules Shangold
Futura Publishing Company [out of print])

Opportunities in Podiatric Medicine
Jules Shangold and Frank Greenberg
(National Textbook Company Trade [out of print])

Podiatric Medicine Irving Yale
(Williams & Wilkins Company [out of print])

Primary Podiatric Medicine
Jeffrey M. Robbins (Editor)
(W.B. Saunders Company, July 1994) ISBN: 0721643639

Principles and Practice of Podiatric Medicine
Leonard A. Levy and Vincent J. Hetherington (Editor)
(Churchill Livingstone [out of print])

Public Health and Podiatric Medicine
Arthur E. Helfand (Editor)
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins [out of print])

Chiropractic

Admissions

Chiropractic Information-General Information for Prospective Students
(The American Chiropractic Association [www.amerchiro.org], 1701 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209; 800-986-4636)

All Professions

Medical Professions Admission Guide: Strategy for Success
(National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Inc. [www.naahp.org], P.O. Box 1518, Champaign, IL 61824-1518; 217-355-0063)

Write for Success: Preparing a Successful Professional School Application
Evelyn Jackson and Harold Brado
(National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Inc. [www.naahp.org], P.O. Box 1518, Champaign, IL 61824-1518; 217-355-0063)

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Last updated: October 14 2008 09:59:01.