BMA Medical Book Awards - Categories
Anaesthesia
anaesthesia (including anaesthesia of specialties) and critical care
Basic and clinical sciences
anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, physical sciences
Basis of medicine
ethics, history of medicine, communication, epidemiology, statistics, writing skills, research practice, dictionaries, directories etc
Cardiology
non-surgical aspects of cardiology
Digital and online resources
resources on any subject which are in non-print form (eg cd-roms, dvds, websites)
Health and social care
community care, health promotion, health prevention, management, health services, medico-politics, medico-legal medicine, social medicine
Internal medicine
non-surgical aspects of endocrinology, gastroenterology, haematology, dermatology, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, nephrology, urology, ophthalmology etc. General medicine should go in Medicine, Specialist surgical books aspects to go in Surgical specialties.
Medicine
general medicine, alternative medicine, diagnosis, nutrition, palliative care, rehabilitation, health care of the elderly
Neurology
non-surgical aspects of neurology
Obstetrics and gynaecology
obstetrics and gynaecology (but books for the general public should go in the Popular medicine category), reproduction medicine, fetal medicine
Oncology
all aspects of oncology and haematological oncology
Paediatrics
paediatrics and adolescent medicine
Pathology
pathology and histopathology
Pharmacology
pharmacology, toxicology, therapeutics
Popular medicine
clinical books aimed at the general public. Non-clinical books aimed at the geneal public go in Basis of medicine
Primary health care
general practice, occupational health
Psychiatry
psychiatry, forensic medicine, substance misuse, mental health, counselling, psychology
Public health
public health, communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases
Radiology
all aspects of radiology
Surgery
general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, plastic surgery, A&E medicine (surgery of specialties should go with the Surgical Specialties category)
Surgical specialties
specialist surgical aspects of the replaced internal medicine categories
NB: Texts on nursing or dentistry will not be accepted. Serials are likewise not eligible for entry although annual updates will be considered.