Macleod'S Clinical Examination: With Student Consult Online Access, International Edition, 14E (old Edition)

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Macleod's Clinical Examination, International Edition

This book is a comprehensive guide to physical examination and patient assessment and provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform an accurate physical examination and assess the patient. It covers all aspects of the history-taking process, from listening and communication skills through the systematic examination of all the major body systems. 

The book also explains how to interpret and integrate physical findings into a clear diagnosis. Written by a team of world-leading clinicians, this book is an essential resource for medical students, junior doctors, and allied healthcare professionals. The importance of Macleod’s clinical examination in patient assessment, tips on effective communication and history taking during physical examinations, as well as detailed descriptions of Macleod’s systematic approach to physical examination.

In addition, the content should provide links to this book provides online courses and simulation experiences. The content should be written in a clear and concise manner and provide a comprehensive overview. The brief should also emphasize the importance of this textbook in patient assessment, as well as its relevance to medical students, junior doctors, and allied healthcare professionals.

This book aims to help clinicians focus on the practical abilities needed to understand the clinical signs of disease as well as the consultation skills necessary to elicit a thorough history. To help with comprehension, the physical basis of clinical signs is described whenever possible. In Macleod's clinical examination, the introduction of a differential diagnosis based on the gathered data includes logical initial system-specific investigations.

Salient Features

• The general principles of effective patient interaction are covered in the book's first section, from the fundamentals of taking a patient's history and performing an examination to the use of pattern recognition to spot diagnoses.

• The pertinent history, examinations, and investigations for each of the main body systems are covered in the second section.

• The third section of this book provides examples of how to use these abilities in various clinical settings.

• The preparation for clinical skill evaluations and the application of these skills in daily practice are covered in the final section.

• Videos that are included with Macleod's clinical examination show many of the important clinical examination procedures that are described in it.