Hutchison's Clinical Methods

Subtitle:: An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice
Author:: Michael Swash; Michael Glynn
Format:: Softcover

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Short description

A textbook on clinical examination, which provides a source of reference for undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors. It places emphasis 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.

Long description

"Hutchisons Clinical Methods", first published over a century ago, is the classic textbook on clinical examination. 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.

Product details

Editor:: Michael Swash; Michael Glynn
Publisher:: W.B. Saunders Company
ISBN:: 9780702027994
Publication date:: June 2007
Additional format:: Hardback and Internet Resource
Length:: 264mm
Width:: 196mm
Thickness:: 28mm
Weight:: 1438g
Edition:: 22th Edition
Pages:: 547
Illustrations:: Illustrated
Readership:: Academic

Review

This book covers all the examinations needed for a clinical medical student. The text is clear and the illustrations are good.
Medical Student - UK

The quality of illustration is excellent - from the line drawings to the radiographs and colour plates...In summary, this is a book that must be indispensable to medical students who are starting their clinical work but wouldn't be out of place as a refresher for GPs in the surgery.
Dr Jeremy Sager, Univadis, Oct 2008

Section 1 The approach to the patient 1. Doctor and patient: general principles of history taking 2. The physical examination 3. Differential diagnosis: the beginning of a management plan Section 2 General assessment 4. The psychiatric assessment 5. The nutritional assessment Section 3 Basic systems 6. Respiratory system 7. Cardiovascular system 8. Gastrointestinal and abdomen 9. The locomotor system 10. Nervous system Section 4 Clinical specialities 11. Skin, nails and hair 12. The endocrine system 13. Diabetes and other metabolic disorders 14. Renal tract and urology 15. Gynaecology and obstetrics 16. Paediatrics 17. Geriatrics 18. Eye 19. ENT 20. The face, mouth, jaws and neck 21. The unconscious patient 22. Acute major trauma 23. ITU 24. Pain 25. Oncology 26. Haematological disorders 27. Sexually transmitted diseases Section 5 Ethics 28. Ethics Appendix 1: A guide to reference ranges used in pathology Appendix 2: Collecting specimens for laboratory analysis Appendix 3: Blood and intestinal parasites Index