Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis 6th Revised edition [Mīkstie vāki]

The 6th edition of Clinical Examination continues to serve all medical students with a clear explanation of clinical examination. Set out systematically, this best-selling textbook has comprehensive coverage of essential skills necessary for history taking and examining the patient.

• Student Consult - full online access


• full colour with superior artwork and design


• evidence-based

• includes coverage on ENT and ophthalmology


• expanded history taking sections including new differential diagnosis tables


• more anatomy and anatomy illustrations - new 'examination anatomy' sections with drawings and anatomy descriptions to assist in examination technique and understanding


• expanded evidence based medicine references - the only physical examination student's book with detailed references and an evidence based approach; new section on inter-observer variability and kappa values


• red flagged history questions suggesting urgent or important diagnoses


• 'Questions to ask the patient' boxes to help with history taking for certain important areas


• new material on DVD includes OSCEs, Imaging Library, ECGs

The book is written for the clinical skills subject of the medical curriculum. Medical schools teach this at varying stages, some introducing the subject in the beginning years (graduate medical schools years 1 & 2) and others at year 3 (traditional/hybrid curricula, usually 5 or 6 years). Specialty Colleges and RACP teach a clinical skills subject in the early part of basic training which takes place after PGY1 & 2.