HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL SKILLS by Dacre, Jane ISBN 187454557X
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In this text covering clinical skills, the reader is taken step-by-step through all of the practical techniques with which they must be familiar, including taking a history and undertaking a physical examination of the patient. Importance is given to communication skills and practical procedures.
The authors provide step-by-step guidance to the traditional skills of history taking and examination, plus the greater emphasis now placed on communication skills and those required to master increasingly complex procedures, with minimum distress to the patient. This concise pocket-size handbook is intended as an aid to all those doctors and nurses learning to deal with real patients for the first time. Over the last two decades, the medical practitioner's traditional skills of history taking and examination have expanded, with a greater emphasis now placed on communication skills, and the skills required to master a range of increasingly complex procedures. In this book, the authors take the reader step by step through all of the practical techniques with which they must be familiar. At each stage they provide guidance on how to carry out these procedures efficiently and with the minimum distress to the patient, with advice on appropriate questions to ask the patient, and comments on how to interpret the patient's responses. Also covered is the importance of explaining the diagnosis clearly, and how to communicate bad news. There are many shared skills in the routine work of both doctor and this concise pocket-sized handbook is intended as an aid to all those learning to deal with real patients for the first time. the authors are all experienced teachers and clinical specialists in the principal disciplines of general medicine; comprehensive coverage includes taking a history, the physical examination, communication skills, and practical procedures; covers general medicine, surgery, ob/gyn, paediatrics and psychiatry; organised by organ system; illustrated throughout in full cover; commonly performed practical procedures are shown stage by stage to demonstrate correct technique; key points are highlighted in summary panels; provides concise guidelines on therapeutic and interventional skills;
[edit] Book Details
[edit] Title
HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL SKILLS
[edit] Author
Dacre, Jane
[edit] ISBN
187454557X
[edit] Published
31/03/2002
[edit] Publisher
Manson Publishing Ltd
[edit] Binding
paperback (C format)
[edit] Retail Price
15.95 (GBP)
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15.95 (GBP)
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