Best medical books

During your application you very likely read a large number of books about healthcare, medicine and being a doctor. Either you were very interested in learning more about the profession you are going into or you heard that you should talk about them in your personal statement/interview. I strongly advise you read all of the books on this list at some point before graduating from medical school as they provide very valuable insight into healthcare, medicine, the NHS and global health.

From how-to survival guides to books that inspired Scrubs and House MD, here's our roundup of must-read books for medical students.

The Mindful Medical Student: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Staying Who You Are While Becoming Who You Want to Be [Spiegel, Jeremy, Siegel, Bernie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Mindful Medical Student: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Staying Who You Are While Becoming Who You Want to Be

Breaking & Mending by Joanna Cannon is a memoir of life as a junior doctor and as a psychiatrist. Everyone should read it!

Buy Becoming a Doctor – From Student to Specialist, Doctor–Writers Share Their Experiences 1 by Gutkind, Lee (ISBN: 9780393071566) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Medical Medium's Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie is a great smoothie to include into our smoothie rotation. We are all human and exposed to heavy metals on the daily. This smoothie helps detox those heavy metals from our bodies. An excess of heavy metals disrupts our hormones, our mood, causes brain fog, Alzheimer's, anxiety, depression, ADHD, eczema and so much more. It's crazy how much havoc heavy metals have on our bodies. The ingredients in this smoothie help detox this heavy metal…

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Lucy Medicine DoS, Christopher Fowell and Dr Chloë Gamlin, graduate student provide an inspiring book-list