Main description:

This new edition has been thoroughly updated and offers the following for the undergraduate customer: 65 Presentations in an A-Z format - ensuring the medical student is never lost for words! Practice scenarios with answers - improve skills with a friend. Extensive information on the structural basis of History Taking. The symptoms-based format is designed to help the reader improve their history taking skills. Suggested prompt questions for core presentations ensure candidates are never lost for words. Case scenarios mean undergraduates can improve their skills with a friend. A unique section on asking difficult questions.

Contents:

Foreword; About the authors; Introduction and how to use this book; Abbreviations; The structural basis of history taking; How to present the history; Abdominal masses and distension; Acute abdominal pain; Alcohol-related problems; Anorectal pain; Back pain; Breast lump; Change in bowel habit; Chest pain; Collapse, syncope and blackouts; Confusion; Constipation; Cough; Depression and anxiety; Diabetes; Diarrhoea; Dizziness and vertigo; Dyspepsia and indigestion; Dysphagia; Facial pain; Faecal incontinence; Falls and gait abnormalities; Fatigue and lethargy; Haematuria; Haemoptysis; Headaches; Hoarseness and voice disorders; Jaundice; Joint disorders (mono-/polyarthritis); Leg pain; Leg ulcers; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Lumps (general); Lymphadenopathy (general); Multiply injured patient; Neck lumps; Nipple discharge; Overdose; Palpitations; Pruritus; Pyrexia of unknown origin and fever; Rashes; Red eye; Shortness of breath; Swollen legs; Tremor and movement disorders; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Vaginal bleeding; Visual loss (acute and chronic); Vomiting; Weight loss; Asking difficult questions; Case scenarios; Index