Hutchison's Clinical Methods

Abstract

20th ed. / Michael Swash. Previous edition: Great Britain : Baillière Tindall, 1989. Includes index. Sir Robert Hutchison -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Doctor and patient -- 2. The psychiatric assessment -- 3. The skin, nails and hair -- 4. The endocrine system and metabolic disorders -- 5. The gastrointestinal tract and abdomen -- 6. The kidneys and the urinary system -- 7. The respiratory system -- 8. The cardiovascular system -- 9. The ear, nose and throat -- 10. The eye -- 11. The locomotor system -- 12. The nervous system -- 13. The unconscious patient -- 14. The examination of women -- 15. The examination of children -- 16. The examination of elderly people -- 17. The genitalia and sexually transmitted diseases -- 18. The blood -- 19. Parasites in the blood and faeces -- 20. Using the laboratory -- 21. Ethical issues in medicine -- Index.