Pocket Clinical Examination

Description

Pocket Clinical Examination is an introduction to history taking and the examination of patients. It has step by step instructions for the junior medical officer working on the ward for the first time. It aims to provide a solid foundation from which students can develop their own systematic approaches. Details of the mechanisms of symptoms and signs, and comprehensive lists of differential diagnosis are not included but may be found in the larger text Clinical Examination. There is a section on writing and presenting the history and physical examination. PCE provides an introduction to physical examination and a place where students can go for revision before examining patients. -excerpt from publisher; [Elsevier Medical Books](http://shop.elsevier.com.au" Elsevier Australia")

First Sentence

Unlike veterinay surgeons and to some extent paediatricians, adult doctors can usually deduce a reasonable differential diagnosis (a list of the possible diagnoses, suggested by a set of symptoms or signs) simply by talking to the patient.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Pocket Clinical ExaminationBlackwell Publishers1998-09-15
• Pocket Clinical ExaminationPaperbackF. A. Davis Company1999-09-01
• Pocket Clinical ExaminationPaperbackSaunders Australia2004-04-13
• Pocket Clinical ExaminationSoftcoverChurchill Livingstone/Elsevier Australia2009-05-01