Hutchison's Clinical Methods: An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 26th Edition

• New imaging chapter – setting modern imaging in context, and with guidance on how to get the best out of an Imaging Department • Expanded ‘Putting it together chapter’ – including new coverage of remote working, getting the most out of IT and emerging technologies, how to adapt and communicate effectively with the more 'informed patient’ • Increased representation of diverse patient populations across the book • Refreshed and expanded International Advisory Board helps ensure appropriate content is relevant to a wide international readership, including in the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Africa

General patient assessment • General principles of history-taking • General patient examination and differential diagnosis • The next steps: differential diagnosis and initial management • Ethical considerations Assessment in particular groups • Women • Children and adolescents • Older people • Psychiatric assessment • Patients presenting as emergencies • Patients with a fever • Patients in pain Basic systems • Respiratory system • Cardiovascular system • Gastrointestinal system • Locomotor system • Nervous system • Urogenital system • Endocrine and metabolic disorders • Skin, nails and hair • Eyes • Ear, nose and throat

Michael Glynn, MA, MD, FRCP, FHEA, Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Barts Health NHS Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Former National Clinical Director for GI and Liver Diseases, NHS England and William M Drake, DM FRCP, Consultant Physician/Reader in Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK