We have created a set of themed lists highlighting titles held within the Medical Library.

The lists include websites and podcasts where relevant.  We decided to create these lists to offer you different perspectives other than purely “the clinical view”.  The aims are to highlight titles in the collection you may not have known of and offer insights into what it is like to live with particular conditions and help conversations and understandings with your patients, family and friends.

We welcome your feedback on these lists, in terms of titles, recommendations for purchase or suggestions for subjects to add to the themed lists.  You can contact us via email – library@medschl.cam.ac.uk,  or complete a recommendations for purchase form. 

Anxiety

Understand anxiety and approaches that can offer relief from the effects of stress and anxious thinking.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.

Bereavement

Staff at the Medical Library have put this list together. If you have any feedback or suggestions for additional items please contact library@medschl.cam.ac.uk and also state the name of the list. This list has been created to highlight different resources both within the library and available publicly online.

Dementia 

Suggested titles include personal stories, fiction, living with dementia and support.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.

Feel Good

Suggestions for boosting your mood, being kind and the science of kindness.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.

Health Inequality

Reading suggested to increase understanding around the issues which affect the health and well-being of the most disadvantaged members of society and the impact poverty on health.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.

LGBTQ+ 

This list includes fiction, healthcare and mental health and wellness titles.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.

Menopause

Offering different aspects and viewpoints of the menopause.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, podcasts and websites.

Mental Welfare

Suggested titles to deepen awareness of the issues that can disrupt an individual’s sense of wellbeing.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, podcasts and websites.

Neurodiversity 

Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in different ways. Suggested resources to discover more about some neurodiversity’s and for example how they are portrayed in fiction.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library and podcasts.

Physical Wellbeing 

Resources on maintaining healthy nutrition, regular exercise, and restorative sleep which have a positive impact on mental wellbeing.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.

Transformation

Suggested titles which may inform self-identity and inspire change including first-hand accounts of lived experience.  Resources include books available from the Medical Library, Ebooks, podcasts and websites.