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Hutchison's Clinical Methods

An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice

  • 25th Edition - February 24, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Michael Glynn, William M. Drake
  • Language: English

Sir Robert Hutchison first published his textbook on Clinical Methods in 1897 and this latest edition maintains its reputation as the go-to guide to learn the core skills every cli… Read more

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Sir Robert Hutchison first published his textbook on Clinical Methods in 1897 and this latest edition maintains its reputation as the go-to guide to learn the core skills every clinician needs in their everyday practice.

Medical students and doctors in training will find essential guidance to taking a full history, examining a patient and interpreting the findings. They will learn the art of understanding, contextualising, communicating and explaining, with the doctor-patient relationship firmly at the centre of their practice. These skills remain essential for every doctor, in addition to modern investigative methods.

The book covers basic principles, different patient groups and all the main body systems. Each chapter includes relevant clinical methods and offers guidance for appropriate investigations. New methods and investigations are incorporated into established patterns of clinical practice to offer a fully integrated approach.

This award-winning textbook remains as relevant today as ever and will be treasured by doctors at all levels of training and practice as an outstanding source of learning and reference.

Key features

  • All chapters carefully reviewed and updated to reflect modern practice
  • Written by experts in their field and reviewed by an International Advisory Board – content is relevant to a wide international readership including in the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Africa
  • Covers all the main body systems, including the core areas of respiratory, cardiological, gastrointestinal, neurological and locomotor systems
  • Text organised by system and problem to aid navigation
  • Chapters can be read individually, to avoid duplication and need for cross-referencing
  • Tabulated information and diagrams for clarity and conciseness
  • Tailored to student needs but suitable for doctors at all levels of training and practice
  • Winner of multiple awards, including the BMA book awards
  • New appendix describing the clinical features of COVID-19
  • Includes the complete, downloadable eBook for easy access on your mobile device, anytime, anywhere

Readership

Medical students, Foundation and trainee doctors, MRCP candidates.

Table of contents

1. Principles of history-taking

2. General patient examination

3. Differential diagnosis and management

4. Ethical considerations

5. Women

6. Children and adolescents

7. Older people

8. Psychiatric assessment

9. Patients presenting as emergencies

10. Patients with a fever

11. Patients in pain

12. Respiratory system

13. Cardiovascular system

14. Gastrointestinal system

15. Locomotor system

16. Nervous system

17. Renal and urological systems

18. Sexually transmitted infections

19. Endocrine system

20. Skin, nails and hair

21. Eyes

22. Ear, nose and throat

Product details

  • Edition: 25
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 4, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

MG

Michael Glynn

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Barts Health NHS Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Former National Clinical Director for GI and Liver Diseases, NHS England, UK

WD

William M. Drake

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Physician/Reader in Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK