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PBL Recommended Textbooks
- List of Recommended Textbooks for PBLConsult this list for more recommended textbooks organized by biomedical subject category.
Textbooks by Subject Area
Oncology
Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th Ed.ISBN: 0323476740Has information on: liver cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma (diagnosis, staging, management)
AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 8th Ed.ISBN: 9783319406176Has information on: non-Hodgkin lymphoma staging
Physical Exam
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th Ed.ISBN: 1975109953Has information on: patient interviewing, history taking, vital signs
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology
Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 7th Ed.ISBN: 9780323552219Has information on: wound repair, principles of surgery, incision and drainage, postextraction patient care, infection control
Current Diagnosis & Treatment Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, 4th Ed.ISBN: 9780071847643Has information on: nasal congestion, CT scan, panoramic radiograph, radiology, physical examination, differential diagnosis, nasal turbinate bones, nasal cavity, paranasal sinus, maxillary sinus ostium, nasal mucosa, nasal cavity anatomy, maxilla anatomy
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: A Rationale for Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Ed.ISBN: 9780867155129Has information on: swollen jaw, facial pain, yellow, waxy teeth (hint: search "imperfecta" and see Chapter 5)
Diagnostics
DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 11th Ed.ISBN: 9781260134872Has information on: head and neck exam, facial paralysis, weight loss
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 4th Ed.ISBN: 9780323809757Has information on: treatment planning, patient intake forms, HIPAA, informed consent
Grainger and Allison's Diagnostic Radiology, 7th Ed.ISBN: 0702075248Has information on: DEXA scan, radiography, Computed Tomography, MRI, ultrasound
Medicine
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st Ed.ISBN: 1264268513Has information on: HIV, herpes, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, 2nd Ed.ISBN: 9780071847629Has information on: oral surgery, tooth extraction, clindamycin, incision and drainage procedure
Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient, 8th Ed.ISBN: 9781496398116Has information: patients with HIV, patients with acute orofacial pain and swelling, treatments for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine, 4th Ed.ISBN: 0781717876Has information on: HIV, dysphagia, unexplained weight loss
Pathology/Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology of Disease: an Introduction to Clinical Medicine 8th Ed.ISBN: 9781260026504Has information on: head and neck pathophysiology
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 10th Ed.ISBN: 032353113XHas information on: head and neck pathophysiology (signs and symptoms), oral symptoms of disease
Wheater's Pathology: a Text, Atlas and Review of Histopathology, 6th Ed.ISBN: 0702075590Has information on: histopathology
Microbiology
Jawetz Melnick & Adelbergs Medical Microbiology, 28th Ed.ISBN: 1260012026Has information on: dental caries, clindamycin, ampicillin
Dictionaries (for reference)
Stedman's dental dictionary: illustrated, 2nd Ed.ISBN: 9781608311460
Concise Medical Dictionary, 10th Ed.ISBN: 9780191873768
Mosby's Dental Drug Reference, 13th Ed.ISBN: 9780323779364
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Wilson Dental Library
925 W. 34th Street, DEN 21
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0641
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Subjects: Dentistry, Health Sciences