Sir Robert Hutchison first published his textbook on Clinical Methods in 1897 and this latest edition maintains its reputation as the go-to guide to learn the core skills every clinician needs in their everyday practice.
Medical students and doctors in training will find essential guidance to taking a full history, examining a patient and interpreting the findings. They will learn the art of understanding, contextualising, communicating and explaining, with the doctor-patient relationship firmly at the centre of their practice. These skills remain essential for every doctor, in addition to modern investigative methods.
The book covers basic principles, different patient groups and all the main body systems. Each chapter includes relevant clinical methods and offers guidance for appropriate investigations. New methods and investigations are incorporated into established patterns of clinical practice to offer a fully integrated approach.
This award-winning textbook remains as relevant today as ever and will be treasured by doctors at all levels of training and practice as an outstanding source of learning and reference.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Preface to the Twenty-fifth Edition - p. iii 6. Sir Robert Hutchison MD FRCP (1871–1960) - p. iii 7. Contributors - p. iii 8. International Advisory Board - p. iii 9. Acknowledgements - p. iii 10. List of Illustrations - p. iii 11. List of Tables - p. iii 12. Section 1: General patient assessment - p. iii 13. Chapter 1: Doctor and patient: General principles of history taking - p. iii 14. Chapter 2: General patient examination and differential diagnosis - p. g14 15. Chapter 3: The next steps: Differential diagnosis and initial management - p. g30 16. Chapter 4: Ethical considerations - p. g35 17. Section 2: Assessment in particular groups - p. g42 18. Chapter 5: Women - p. g42 19. Chapter 6: Children and adolescents - p. g62 20. Chapter 7: Older people - p. g83 21. Chapter 8: Psychiatric assessment - p. g98 22. Chapter 9: Patients presenting as emergencies - p. g124 23. Chapter 10: Patients with a fever - p. g144 24. Chapter 11: Patients in pain - p. g160 25. Section 3: Basic systems - p. g168 26. Chapter 12: Respiratory system - p. g168 27. Chapter 13: Cardiovascular system - p. g192 28. Chapter 14: Gastrointestinal system - p. g243 29. Chapter 15: Locomotor system - p. g282 30. Chapter 16: Nervous system - p. g320 31. Chapter 17: Renal and urology system - p. g367 32. Chapter 18: Sexually transmitted infections - p. g384 33. Chapter 19: Endocrine and metabolic disorders - p. g401 34. Chapter 20: Skin, nails and hair - p. g427 35. Chapter 21: Eyes - p. g443 36. Chapter 22: Ear, nose and throat - p. g462 37. SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic - p. g489 38. Index - p. g489
Sir Robert Hutchison first published his textbook on Clinical Methods in 1897 and this latest edition maintains its reputation as the go-to guide to learn the core skills every clinician needs in their everyday practice.
Medical students and doctors in training will find essential guidance to taking a full history, examining a patient and interpreting the findings. They will learn the art of understanding, contextualising, communicating and explaining, with the doctor-patient relationship firmly at the centre of their practice. These skills remain essential for every doctor, in addition to modern investigative methods.
The book covers basic principles, different patient groups and all the main body systems. Each chapter includes relevant clinical methods and offers guidance for appropriate investigations. New methods and investigations are incorporated into established patterns of clinical practice to offer a fully integrated approach.
This award-winning textbook remains as relevant today as ever and will be treasured by doctors at all levels of training and practice as an outstanding source of learning and reference.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Preface to the Twenty-fifth Edition - p. iii 6. Sir Robert Hutchison MD FRCP (1871–1960) - p. iii 7. Contributors - p. iii 8. International Advisory Board - p. iii 9. Acknowledgements - p. iii 10. List of Illustrations - p. iii 11. List of Tables - p. iii 12. Section 1: General patient assessment - p. iii 13. Chapter 1: Doctor and patient: General principles of history taking - p. iii 14. Chapter 2: General patient examination and differential diagnosis - p. g14 15. Chapter 3: The next steps: Differential diagnosis and initial management - p. g30 16. Chapter 4: Ethical considerations - p. g35 17. Section 2: Assessment in particular groups - p. g42 18. Chapter 5: Women - p. g42 19. Chapter 6: Children and adolescents - p. g62 20. Chapter 7: Older people - p. g83 21. Chapter 8: Psychiatric assessment - p. g98 22. Chapter 9: Patients presenting as emergencies - p. g124 23. Chapter 10: Patients with a fever - p. g144 24. Chapter 11: Patients in pain - p. g160 25. Section 3: Basic systems - p. g168 26. Chapter 12: Respiratory system - p. g168 27. Chapter 13: Cardiovascular system - p. g192 28. Chapter 14: Gastrointestinal system - p. g243 29. Chapter 15: Locomotor system - p. g282 30. Chapter 16: Nervous system - p. g320 31. Chapter 17: Renal and urology system - p. g367 32. Chapter 18: Sexually transmitted infections - p. g384 33. Chapter 19: Endocrine and metabolic disorders - p. g401 34. Chapter 20: Skin, nails and hair - p. g427 35. Chapter 21: Eyes - p. g443 36. Chapter 22: Ear, nose and throat - p. g462 37. SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic - p. g489 38. Index - p. g489
