Clinical Examination

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The 11^th Edition of this famous medical textbook, first published in 1964, has been extensively rewritten and expanded by a new team of 3 editors and 22 authors who are all active clinicians and experts in their specialist fields.

Macleod's Clinical Examination describes the practical skills every clinician must acquire and develop in order to evolve diagnostic procedures and management strategies and plans. Its main purpose is to document and explain how to:

• This is a book at the heart of learning how to be a good doctor; invaluable for students starting clinical medicine as well as for more senior students and junior doctors, reminding them of the procedures involved in clerking a patient.
• This text provides a clear description of the fundamental skills of patient evaluation and examination, answering the cunning questions which arise from this.
• Starts with a general overview section on history taking and the general examination that provide the framework on which to hang the detail.
• The systematic examination section documents clearly the relevant history, examination and special investigations as well as giving advice on their significance.
• The final section covers the specialized areas relating to young children and the critically-ill patient..
• In full colour throughout and highly illustrated.
• Closely linked to its sister publication, Davidson's Principles & Practice of