Bemmel J H Musen M A 1997 Handbook of Medical Informatics Springer. [Also has a web site with exercises etc. http://www.mieur.nl/mihandbook or http://www.mihandbook.stanford.edu]
Tim Chard (2nd ed.) 1995 Computing for Clinicians. Edward Arnold. [This is an excellent book and really is much more concerned with medical Informatics rather than computing.]
Lee Nicholas, Millman Andrew. 1996 ABC of Medical Computing. BMJ publications London [Very basic but may be of some use as a guide to what candicates should already know?]
Yates F E, (ed.) 1996 Creative Computing in health and social care. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. [Enthusiastic book written by a Psychologist working with alcohol abuse living and working in Newcastle in the UK.]
William Bria, Richard Rydell 1992 The physician-computer connection. [A practical guide to physician involvement in hospital information systems. AHA Books (USA).]
Enrico Coiera 1997 Medical Informatics, the Internet & telemedicine. Chapman & Hall medical. [Rather techi. but covers a wide range]
Abbott W, Bryant J R, Sotheran M K. 1996 Information management in health care - four handbooks. Health information specialist groups of the BCS [Not really up to anything much]
F T de Dombal 1996 Medical Informatics; The essentials. Butterworth - Heinemann.[Very small but a good very basic ? biased introduction]
Hovenga E, Kidd M, Cesnik B. 1996 Health Informatics: An overview. Church Livingstone. [This is a good introductory book, however it is by and large a review of health Informatics in Australia.]
Medical Informatics (1991), Tim Benson. [UK based, good, very thin, and also very expensive £60. Out of date now.]
Anderson J G Aydin C E Jay S J 1994 Evaluating Health Care Information Systems. Sage Publications. [excellent book for anyone involved in developing and / or evaluating a system in their department]
Eason K 1988 Information technology and organisation change Taylor & Francis [ Good introduction to human issues in systemsn design - Includes Enid Munfords soci-technic approach]
Database books???? The best I have come across so far are severla OU modules - Any suggestions welcome
Robin Beaumont Tel. UK 0191 2731150
e-mail: robin@robinbt2.free-online.co.uk
15/03/1999