Overview
The fourth edition of Clinical Examination provides a clear, practical and above all, superbly illustrated guide to all aspects of history taking and patient examination. Designed to be accessible both to medical students just starting their clinical attachments and to more experienced readers, the clear writing style, the innovative use of clinical photographs and the explanatory illustrations combine to explain and clarify the concepts and skills necessary to take a history and perform an examination. The text is organised by body system, with each chapter structured the same way: firstly, underlying structure and function; secondly, signs, symptoms and abnormalities; thirdly, patient examination.
Full Product Details
Author: Owen Epstein ,
G. David Perkin ,
John Cookson ,
Ian S. Watt
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint: Mosby
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 28.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 1.383kg
ISBN: 9780723434542
ISBN 10: 0723434549
Pages: 452
Publication Date: 04 July 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
The book contains comprehensive sections on the examination of the main systems and separate sections on some specialities, such as the skin, psychiatry, and children. The sections are well laid out, with superb colour photographs that show every step of a particular procedure. The summary boxes, which provide key points, differential diagnosis, risk factors, and alerts to red flag symptoms and signs, are excellent.?<br>Evidence-Based Medicine, December 2008
The book contains comprehensive sections on the examination of the main systems and separate sections on some specialities, such as the skin, psychiatry, and children. The sections are well laid out, with superb colour photographs that show every step of a particular procedure. The summary boxes, which provide key points, differential diagnosis, risk factors, and alerts to red flag symptoms and signs, are excellent. <br>Evidence-Based Medicine, December 2008
The book contains comprehensive sections on the examination of the main systems and separate sections on some specialities, such as the skin, psychiatry, and children. The sections are well laid out, with superb colour photographs that show every step of a particular procedure. The summary boxes, which provide key points, differential diagnosis, risk factors, and alerts to red flag symptoms and signs, are excellent.? Evidence-Based Medicine, December 2008
