cover image - Macleod's Clinical Examination - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780323847742
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 04-11-2023
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $52.99

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

by Anna R. Dover, PhD FRCP(Ed), J. Alastair Innes, BSc PhD FRCP Ed and Karen Fairhurst, PhD FRCGP

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Macleod's Clinical Examination - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780323847742
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 04-11-2023
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $52.99
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Fifty years since it was first published and now fully revised, Macleod’s remains the textbook of choice for medical students, junior doctors, nurses and allied health practitioners who understand that excellence in clinical examination is integral to good practice.

The fifteenth edition will teach you how to take a history and carry out proficient clinical examination, in order to elicit the key clinical symptoms and signs of disease. It covers general principles, relevant history, examination and investigations for all the major body systems – and how to effectively apply these skills to specific clinical situations and prepare for assessment.

Macleod’s Clinical Examination is enhanced with 32 supplementary videos demonstrating key clinical examination routines described in the book, many new and revised for this edition in line with latest guidance and best practice.

    • Primarily focused on the practical skills required by medical students and early career stage clinicians
    • Explains the physical basis of clinical signs to aid understanding
    • Introduces the formulation of a differential diagnosis
    • Provides logical initial investigations for each body system
    • Comes with access to the complete, fully searchable and downloadable eBook
  • 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
  • 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, J. Alastair Innes, BSc PhD FRCP Ed, Consultant Physician, Respiratory Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh; Honorary Reader in Respiratory Medicine, 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
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