Main description:

Hutchison's Clinical Methods, first published over 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.

Contents:

Section 1 General patient assessment

1. Doctor and patient: General principles of history taking

2. General patient examination and differential diagnosis

3. Ethical considerations

Section 2 Assessment in Particular Patient Groups

4. Women

5. Children and adolescents

6. Older people

7. Psychiatric assessment

8. Patients presenting as emergencies

9. Patients in pain

Section 3 Basic systems

10. Respiratory system

11. Cardiovascular system

12. Gastrointestinal system

13. Locomotor system

14. Nervous system

Section 4 Clinical specialties

15. Skin, nails and hair

16. Endocrine disorders

17. Diabetic and other metabolic disorders

18. Kidneys and urinary tract

19. Eyes

20. Ear, nose and throat

21. Sexually transmitted infections