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.

Salient Features

1-Provides a comprehensive account of the traditional methods of patient history-taking and examination but updated with a full account of the role of modern investigative techniques.

2-Abook for students of all ages and all degrees of experience.

3-Themost comprehensive account of clinical methods on the market.

Table of Contents

Section 1 General patient assessment

1 - Doctorand patient: General principles of history taking

2 - General patient examination and differential diagnosis

3 - Ethicalconsiderations

Section 2 Assessment in Particular Patient Groups

1 - Women

2 - Children and adolescents

3 - Olderpeople

4 - Psychiatric assessment

5 - Patients presenting as emergencies

6 - Patients in pain

Section 3 Basic systems

1 - Respiratory system

2 - Cardiovascular system

3 - Gastrointestinal system

4 - Locomotor system

5 - Nervous system

Section 4 Clinical specialties

1 - Skin,nails and hair

2 - Endocrine disorders

3 - Diabetic and other metabolic disorders

4 - Kidneys and urinary tract

5 - Eyes

6 - Ear,nose and throat

7 - Sexually transmitted infections