Pocket Tutor Clinical Examination

This pocket book is the ideal companion for medical students and junior clinicians seeking an accessible and practical guide to structuring a consultation, taking a history and examining a patient.

Key Features :

• Opening chapters give a handy overview of the general principles and techniques relevant to the examination of all patients.
• System-specific chapters teach you to recognise symptoms and signs and relate them to anatomical landmarks and underlying physiology.
• Step-by-step descriptions of examination techniques provide a framework for approaching the clinical examination with confidence.
• New to this edition: more clinical photographs and expanded sections on the paediatric consultation, examination of the elderly and critically ill patients.