INDICE: CONTENTS; 1: OUTLINE OF THE CLINICAL HISTORY; Definition and Scope ofthe Clinical History; Detailed Outline of the Clinical History; 2: BASIC DEFINITIONS: DISEASE, SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, SYNDROMES, AND DIAGNOSIS; I. What is Disease?; II. Manifestation of Disease by Symptoms and Signs; III. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Disease; IV. Summary; 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLINICALHISTORY; I. Why the Clinical History is the Most Important Event in the Practice of Medicine; II. The Clinical History as a Mutual Process of Knowing between the Physician and the Patient; III. The History is the Only Way to Diagnosethe Many Diseases that Produce Only Symptoms but no Signs; IV. How the History Focuses the Physical Examination; V. Why No Physical or Laboratory Finding Has Meaning Until Integrated with the Patient's Full Clinical History; VI. How the History Provides the Basis for Public Health Policy; VII. Summary; 4: HOW THE PHYSICIAN'S ETHICS AND GOALS DETERMINE THE CONTENT AND TECHNIQUES OF THE CLINICAL HISTORY; I. The Ethical and Operational Components of the Medical Model for the Patient-Physician Relationship; II. Origin of the Ethical Code for the Practice of Medicine; III. How Each Ethic of the Medical Model Shapes the History; IV. Replacing Social Responses with Professional Responses; V. The Atcual Operational Steps of the Medical Model for the Practice of Medicine; VII. Beyond the Consulting Room; VIII. Summary; 5: PRIVACY: THE SETTING AND THE APPAREL FOR AN OPTIMUM CLINICAL HISTORY; I. Privacy and the Private Interview; II. The Room Design for the Medical Interview; III. Personal Attributes of the Physician; IV. Use of the Telephone and Telemedicine; V. Summary; 6: THE PATIENT'S CHIEF CONCERN AND PRESENT ILLNESS; I. The Initial Contact and the Face Sheet; II. Format for the Clinical History; III. Technique for Meeting the Patient; IV. THe Patient's Chief or Presenting Concern; V. Listening: The Essential Technique of the Clinical History; VI. Technique for Eliciting the PResenting Concern and Current Illness; VII. Historical Analysis of Recurrent Attacks that are Similar; VIII. Current Medications and Management; IX. Closing the Present Illness History in Preparation for the Past Clinical History; X. Summary; 7: THE PAST CLINICAL HISTORY AND THE REVIEW OF SYSTEMS; I. Eliciting the Past Clinical History; II. The Review of Systems (ROS); III. Visualize the Head and the Nervous System; IV. Next Visualize the Motor (Muscular) System; V. Next Visualize the Skeletal System; VI. Next Visualize the Bone Marrow; VII. Next Visualize the Chest and Its Contents and Start with the Respiratory System; VIII.Next Visualize the Cardiovascular System; IX. Next Visualize the Gastrointestinal System; X. Next Visualize the Renal System; XI. Next Visualize the Reproductive System; XII. Next Visualize the Endocrine System; XIII. Next Visualize the Immune and Lymphatic System; XIV. Finally Visualize the Skin; XV. Environmental/Toxic Exposure History; XVI. Su
- ISBN: 978-0-19-537377-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés