Macleod's Clinical Examination: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access, 12e

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It includes relevant pictures, useful boxes highlighting the causes of various diseases and symptoms and clear, concise diagrams. It should be of value to: medical students training to be effective doctors; established doctors studying for postgraduate examinations including MRCP (UK) PACES; general practitioners wishing to update their skills in all aspects of clinical examination; and, nurse practitioners both in primary and secondary care involved in patient assessment. Two new videos show how the Glasgow Coma Scale should be performed in clinical situations, demonstrating the correct techniques and also common pitfalls in using the GCS.

an incredibly thorough book which is very well illustrated - a must in a book explaining how to perform examinations' - ("Medical Student Review"). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. When logging into the online content also the videos are a great visual way of consolidating what has been learnt/read in the section/chapter. It takes you through each system in a methodical manner and not so in depth that it becomes mind boggling. It covers general principles, relevant history, examination and investigations for all the major body systems and how to effectively apply these skills to specific clinical situations and prepare for assessment.

Edinburgh Medics, a Res Medica supplement courtesy of the Royal Medical Society, July 2005 [Macleod's] has lists scattered through the text in little boxes titled "Examination Sequence".

Highly Commended’ in the 2006 and 2010 BMA Medical Book Competitions, this Thirteenth Edition contains over 500 clinical photographs and diagrams to illustrate the text, with new topics added to make the book even more comprehensive. Probably not as in depth as Bates and the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is the best pocket book out there. The systematic approach to examination and potential diagnosis is structured well and will be a great learning and revision aid. A perfect snapshot to basic clinical examinations and has a useful online component to prevent you from dragging the book round with you. Formulation of a differential diagnosis from the information gained is introduced, and the logical initial investigations are included for each system.It covers general principles, relevant history, examination and investigations for all the major body systems - and how to effectively apply these skills to specific clinical situations and prepare for assessment. The 11th Edition of this famous medical textbook, first published in 1964, has been extensively rewritten and expanded by a new team of 3 editors and 22 authors who are all active clinicians and experts in their specialist fields. Our books, ebooks, journals and digital products provide the latest information to help you learn and make the right decisions.

There are snippets of imaging to help the reader familiarise themselves with it and where it can be used. Nevertheless you will like it but the desire to obtain classic print, printed in great Britain remains unfulfilled.Fifty years since it was first published and now fully revised, Macleods remains the textbook of choice for medical students, junior doctors, nurses and allied health practitioners who understand that excellence in clinical examination is integral to good practice. The book starts with a general overview section on history taking and the general examination that provides the framework on which to hang the detail. Macleod's Clinical Examination is enhanced with 32 supplementary videos demonstrating key clinical examination routines described in the book, many new and revised for this edition in line with latest guidance and best practice. Pictures are also included to help relate the text to an image which i found very helpful so you know what to look for (although these may be graphic).