There are a number of members of the excellent Oxford Handbook series which are up to date to be found here and from the home page, click on access to the digital version of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. There are search facilities available and you can also display the books in order of online publication date, starting from the newest and working towards the oldest. After clicking the “sign in via your institution” link, type in “NHS” and an England, Scotland and Wales option appears in my case, I click “NHS England.” You are then asked to enter your OpenAthens username and password and hey presto you are logged in.Īccording to my login, I am entitled to access 129 Oxford medical textbooks (click “Browse all titles in your subscription” in the top left portion) and some of them are very up to date.

The page also has a link to register if you don’t already own an OpenAthens account which is free if you satisfy the eligibility.Īssuming you are eligible and have a current and active OpenAthens account go to and click on “sign in via your institution” which is in the middle of the grey subscriber box at the top left section of the web page. Many of you may already have this excellent and free facility but if not, check out eligibility at This webpage is only for England based staff but there are links from here for other UK countries. So how is it done?įirstly, head off to and then next you will need to use an OpenAthens account associated with the NHS. Not all their medical books are included within this offering but it does include access for example, to the online version of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine and some members of the excellent Oxford Handbook series. One good example is that some web-based medical textbooks belonging to the highly respected publisher, Oxford University Press can under certain conditions for some (but not all) UK based healthcare professionals, be legitimately accessed and used free of charge.

Sometimes these electronic texts can be made freely available to selected people. Access to these electronic resources is either available via the book and is priced in with the purchase of the book or can be purchased separately from the book. Many high-quality medical textbooks come bundled with their digital equivalents that can be accessed either via a website or an app.

Free medical books online