Main description:

This new reissue of Hands On, first published in 1994, will be welcomed by all complementary and alternative medical students and practitioners.

This book presents a concise approach to clinical examination in a practical and straightforward manner, and includes step-by-step illustrations of a variety of examination techniques together with checklists designed to help students and practitioners elicit clinical information from their patients quickly and efficiently.

Contents:

- Preface

- Acknowledgements

- Introduction

PART ONE - History taking

- Approaching the patient

- The questions to ask

- Recording information

- Case taking in psychological medicine

- Significant findings in the case history

PART TWO - Basic examination procedures

- Examining the cardiovascular system

- Examining the respiratory system

- Examining the gascro-intestinal system

- Examining the nervous system

- Examining the joints

- The mental state examination

PART THREE - Topics of special interest

- Lumps in the skin and subcutaneous tissues 3.2 Lumps in the neck

- Lumps in the groin

- Lumps in the breast

- Blood pressure measurement

- Use of the ophthalmoscope and auriscope

- Orthodox diagnostic tests and laboratory reference values

- Sample case history record sheet

PART FOUR

- Screening examination of all the systems

- Quick reference