Lecture Notes on Clinical Medicine - Hardcover

David And Wayne David Rubenstein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0632005459 ISBN 13: 9780632005451

Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1980

Synopsis

Lecture Notes on Clinical Medicine has a long-standing reputation for excellence and is a must-have in the run-up to final examinations and for junior doctors on foundation programmes. It offers a concise summary of the essential information needed for practising clinical medicine.The book is divided into two Part 1 focuses on the clinical examination of each body system, and Part 2 summarises the core knowledge required for the understanding of specific diseases relevant to each body system.The key to the book's success lies in the first part which is structured and styled very much in the manner of a manual on techniques of physical examination. The book helps the examination candidates carry out an examiner's request to perform a specific examination and hence is an excellent preparation tool for OSCEs. Description of the clinical approach is built around the questions most commonly asked and is designed to get medical students to work systematically as if they have been practising medicine for years. The second part of the book is a short textbook of a summary of basic clinical facts, organised by body system, and under the usual headings of clinical presentation, investigation and management.

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From the Back Cover

The fifth edition of this bestselling book seeks to give the final year medical student all that is required to pass the final exam and is packed with

Review

"This book is excellent, no nonsense, to the point, what you need to know is this. If only all books were as easy to learn from."

Sphincter, Liverpool Medical School Gazette

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0632005459
• ISBN 13: 9780632005451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336