Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis 1th ed

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis 1^th ed

This book explains how to use a history, examination and preliminary tests to arrive at a diagnosis in a transparent way. The diagnosis is a title for what we imagine is happening to a patient physically and socially. It allows us to anticipate what may happen next, how this can be influenced by intervention and to share with the patient and colleagues in various disciplines what we are doing.

The book allows the diagnostician to focus on symptoms, physical signs and initial test results that are likely to lead to a diagnosis. This is based on the principle that 'diagnostic leads' with short differential diagnoses will be more informative than those features with long lists of causes.

Each diagnosis on a page resembles an entry from an evidence-based past medical history. The reader scans down the page to see which of the entries are compatible with the patient's findings so far. The compatible findings can then be used as evidence for the diagnosis to be shared with the patient or other members of the multidisciplinary team. Such information can also be shared by using computer systems.

Readers are encouraged to be critical about the contents of the book, to make changes in the Oxford Handbook spirit and to let us know of any significant differences in opinion, or errors

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