Macleod's Clinical Examination: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access Book

The 11 th Edition of this famous medical textbook, first published in 1964, has been extensively rewritten and expanded by a new team of 3 editors and 22 authors who are all active clinicians and experts in their specialist fields. Macleod's Clinical Examination describes the practical skills every clinician must acquire and develop in order to evolve diagnostic procedures and management strategies and plans. Its main purpose is to document and explain how to: talk with a patient; take the history from the patient; examine a patient; formulate your findings into differential diagnoses and rank these in order of probability; and use investigations to support or refute your differential diagnosis. The smart way to study! Elsevier titles with STUDENT CONSULT will help you master difficult concepts and study more efficiently in print and online! Perform rapid searches. Integrate bonus content from other disciplines. Download text to your handheld device. And a lot more. Each STUDENT* This is a book at the heart of learning how to be a good doctor; invaluable for students starting clinical medicine as well as for more senior students and junior doctors, reminding them of the procedures involved in clerking a patient. * This text provides a clear description of the fundamental skills of patient evaluation and examination, answering the cunning questions which arise from this. * Starts with a general overview section on history taking and the general examination that provide the framework on which to hang the detail. * The systematic examination section documents clearly the relevant history, examination and special investigations as well as giving advice on their significance. * The final section covers the specialized areas relating to young children and the critically-ill patient.. * In full colour throughout and highly illustrated.Read More