SECTION 1: Mastering the Art of Interviewing 1. The Interviewer’s Questions 2. The Patient’s Responses 3. Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine 4. Putting the History Together
SECTION 2: Valuing Diversity: Race, Gender, and Ethnicity 5. Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Clinical Skills
SECTION 3: Understanding the Science of the Physical Examination 6. The Physical Examination 7. Assessment of Nutritional Status 8. The Skin 9. The Head and Neck 10. The Eye 11. The Ear and Nose 12. The Oral Cavity and Pharynx 13. The Chest 14. The Heart 15. The Peripheral Vascular System 16. The Breast 17. The Abdomen 18. Male Genitalia and Hernias 19. Female Genitalia 20. The Musculoskeletal System 21. The Nervous System 22. Putting the Examination Together
SECTION 4: Evaluating Specific Patients 23. The Pregnant Patient 24. The Pediatric Patient 25. The Geriatric Patient 26. The Transgender Patient 27. The Acutely Ill or Injured Patient
SECTION 5: Putting the Data to Work 28. Precision, Accuracy, and Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment 29. The Clinical Record 30. The Focused History and Physical Examination 31. Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Encounters: Opportunities and Challenges 32. Telehealth: Adapting Clinical Assessment
SECTION 6: Analyzing Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine 33. Clinical Ethics and Professionalism
Epilogue: A Journey Through Physical Diagnosis Appendix A: Answers to Review Questions e-Appendix B: Commonly Misused Substances e-Appendix C: Signs and Symptoms of Deficiency States e-Appendix D: Conversion Tables e-Appendix E: English-to-Spanish Translations Useful in the Medical Setting e-Appendix F: The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
Mark H. Swartz, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York; Professor of Medical Sciences, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, New York; Director, C3NY--Clinical Competence Center of New York, New York, NY, USA
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