Macleod's Clinical Examination - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition

• Enhanced sections on adapting skills to particular situations, including the challenges of remote consultation and infection control
• Updated text and images, to ensure the content is relevant to a diverse readership and patient population
• Latest clinical decision-making models to aid the learner’s diagnostic reasoning
• 8 brand new videos produced especially for this edition covering:

• Obstetric examination
• Gynaecological examination
• Assessment of fluid balance
• Examination of the hand and wrist
• Examination of the foot and ankle
• Examination of the neck
• Examination of the foot in diabetes and peripheral vascular disease
• The timed up and go test

1 Managing clinical encounters with patients
2 General aspects of history taking
3 General aspects of examination
4 The cardiovascular system
5 The respiratory system
6 The gastrointestinal system
7 The nervous system
8 The visual system
9 The ear, nose and throat
10 The endocrine system
11 The reproductive system
12 The renal system
13 The musculoskeletal system
14 The skin, hair and nails
15 Babies and children
16 Patients with mental illness and learning disability
17 The frail patient
18 The deteriorating patient
19 The dying patient
20 Reaching and communicating a diagnosis
21 Adapting skills for practice
22 Preparing for assessment
Index

J. Alastair Innes, BSc PhD FRCP Ed, Consultant Physician, Respiratory Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; Honorary Reader in Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK, Anna R Dover, PhD FRCP(Ed), Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine, Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK and Karen Fairhurst, PhD FRCGP, General Practice Principal, Mackenzie Medical Centre, Edinburgh; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK