
Hutchison's Clinical Methods
An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice
- 24th Edition - May 30, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Michael Glynn, William M Drake
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 7 3 9 - 6
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 7 4 0 - 2
Hutchison’s Clinical Methods, first published more than a century ago, is the classic textbook on clinical skills. It provides an outstanding source of learning and reference fo… Read more
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Hutchison’s Clinical Methods, first published more than a century ago, is the classic textbook on clinical skills. It provides an outstanding source of learning and reference for undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors. It seeks to teach an integrated approach to clinical practice, so that new methods and investigations are grafted onto established patterns of clinical practice, rather than added on as something extra. The text is organised so that both system-related and problem-oriented chapters are included. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of the doctor-patient relationship, the essential skills needed for clinical examination, and for planning the appropriate choice of investigations in diagnosis and management. Hutchison’s Clinical Methods is an invaluable resource for all those learning and training in medicine and is an essential adjunct to a standard textbook of medicine, surgery or other specialty.
- The book provides a comprehensive account of the traditional methods of patient history-taking and examination but is updated with a full account of the role of modern investigative techniques.
- This is a book for students of all ages and all degrees of experience.
Medical students, Foundation and trainee doctors, residents.
General patient assessment
- General principles of history-taking
- General patient examination and differential diagnosis
- The next steps: differential diagnosis and initial management
- Ethical considerations
Assessment in particular groups
Basic systems
- Edition: 24
- Published: May 30, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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