Student Corner - Resources
Listed is a table of textbooks organized by topic. This list is not all inclusive, but is intended to serve as a library "wish list" for new genetic counselors. Please e-mail Aubrey R. Turner (aturner@wfubmc.edu) if you would like to submit suggestions for this page, including any texts that you find valuable which are not listed here.
Keep in mind that it it may be more appropriate for an employer to purchase many of the larger reference texts, as it is unreasonable for an individual genetic counselor to purchase every text in such a large collection. As a student you should make note of standard references available in departmental libraries, versus texts owned by individual genetic counselors. Although we have done our very best to group the texts below according to category, some texts defy traditional categories. While we hope to offer online reviews of these resources in the future, at this time you should gather opinions to help decide which texts will best meet your needs.
Helpful Textbooks
1st AUTHOR | TITLE | DATE | CATEGORY |
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Review of Medical Physiology | 2001 | Anat/Phys |
Gray | Gray's Anotomy | 1995 | |
Guyton | Textbook of Medical Physiology | 1986 | |
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Genetic Predisposition to Cancer | 1996 | Cancer |
JGC | Special Issue: CANCER | 1997 | |
Mulvihill | Catalog of Human Cancer Genes | 2000 | |
Offit | Clinical Cancer Genetics | 1998 | |
Schneider | Counseling about Cancer | 1994 | |
Vogelstein | Genetic Basis of Human Cancer | 1998 | |
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Chromosome abnormalities and Genetic Counseling | 1996 | Chromosomes |
Karger | International System for Human Genetics Nomenclature | 1995 | |
Schinzel | Catalog of Unbalanced Chromosome Aberrations in Man | 1984 | |
Warburton | Chromosome Anomalies and Prenatal Development | 1991 | |
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A Guide to Genetic Counseling | 1998 | Counseling |
Harper | Practical Genetic Counseling | 1998 | |
Marks | Genetic Counseling Principles in Action | 1989 | |
Weil | Psychosocial Genetic Counseling | 2000 | |
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Dorlands Medical Dictionary | 2000 | Dictionary |
Stedman | Stedman's Medical Dictionary | 2000 | |
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Diagnostic Dysmorphology | 1990 | Dysmorphology |
Baraiatser | Color Atlas of Congenital Malformation Syndromes | 1996 | |
Buyse | Birth Defects Encyclopedia | 1990 | |
Goodman | Atlas of the Face in Genetic Disorders | 1977 | |
Goodman | Malformed Infant and Child | 1983 | |
Gorlin | Syndromes of the Head and Neck | 1990 | |
Jones | Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation | 1997 | |
Warkany | Congenital Malformations | 1971 | |
Winter | Multiple Congenital Anomalies: A diagnostic compendium | 1991 | |
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Essentials of Human Embryology | 1998 | Embryology |
Larsen | Human Embryology | 1997 | |
Moore | Before We are Born | 1998 | |
Moore | The Developing Human | 1998 | |
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Robbin's Pathologic basis of disease | 1999 | General |
Emery | Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics | 1997 | |
Gelehrter | Principles of Medical Genetics | 1998 | |
Jorde | Medical Genetics | 1999 | |
Magalini | Dictionary of Medical Syndromes | 1997 | |
Robinson | Clinical Genetics Handbook | 1993 | |
Rothwell | Understanding Genetics, A Molecular Approach | 1993 | |
Strachan | Human Molecular Genetics | 1999 | |
Wilson | Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine | 2000 | |
Wynbrandt | Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects | 2000 | |
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Blood Diseases of Infancy and Childhood | 1995 | Hematology |
Nathan | Hematology of Infancy and Childhood | 1998 | |
Tuddenham | Molecular Genetics of Haemostasis and its Inherited Disorders | 1994 | |
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Infertility Counseling | 1999 | Infertility |
Speroff | Clinical Gynecological Endocrinology | 1994 | |
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Textbook of Biochemistry | 1997 | Metabolic |
Holton | The Inherited Metabolic Diseases | 1994 | |
Scriver | Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease | 1999 | |
Stryer | Biochemistry | 1995 | |
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Pediatric Medicine | 1993 | Pediatrics |
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Fetology: Diagnosis and Management of the Fetal Patient | 2000 | Prenatal |
Callen | Ultrasonography in OBGyn | 2000 | |
Eddleman | Pregnancy for Dummies | 1999 | |
Evans | Reproductive Risks and Prenatal Diagnosis | 1992 | |
James | HighRisk Pregnancy:Management Options | 1999 | |
McDonald | William's Obstetrics | 1996 | |
McGahan | Diagnostic Obstetrical Ultrasound | 1994 | |
Milunsky | Genetic Disorders and the Fetus | 1998 | |
Romero | Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Anomalies | 1988 | |
Sanders | Structural Fetal Abnormalities | 1996 | |
Simpson | Essentials of Prenatal Diagnosis | 1993 | |
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders | 2000 | Reference |
Genetic Alliance | Directory of National Genetic Voluntary Organizations | 1995 | |
Gilbert | Genetic Testing, Directory of Genetic Testing Laboratories | 1998 | |
Hall | Handbook of Normal Physical Measurements | 1989 | |
Holtzman | Promoting Safe and Effective Genetic Counseling in the US | 1998 | |
Merck | Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy | 1999 | |
Thoene | Physicians Guide to Rare diseases | 1995 | |
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Assessing Genetic Risks | 1994 | Risk Assessment |
Bridge | Calculation of Genetic Risks | 1997 | |
Young | Introduction to Risk Calculations in Genetic counseling | 1999 | |
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FRAGILE X Guidelines | 2000 | Specialty |
Langfelder | Cystic Fibrosis | 1999 | |
McKusick | Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue | 1993 | |
Spitz | Gendermatoses | 1997 | |
Wells | Genetic Instabilities and Hereditary Neurological Diseases | 1998 | |
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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation | 1998 | Teratogens |
Coustan | Handbook for Prescribing Medications in Pregnancy | 1998 | |
Friedman | Teratogenic effects of Drugs/TERIS/Resource for Clinicians | 1994 | |
PDR | Physician's Desk Reference | 2000 | |
Shepard | Catalog of Teratogenic Agents | 1998 |