The Common Symptom Guide - Softcover

The only book specifically on symptom evaluation, i.e., what to ask the patient and what parts of the physical exam to perform to thoroughly and accurately evaluate a patient's complaint. A quick-reference guide to over 100 commonly seen symptoms in adults and children. Thoroughly indexed and cross-referenced, The Common Symptom Guide uses extensive tabular material to review pertinent considerations of patient and family history, physical examination and medications.

John H. Wasson, MD, Professor of Clinical Community and Family Medicine and Medicine, Herman O. West Chair of Geriatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire B. Timothy Walsh, MD, William and Joy Ruane Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York Mary C. LaBrecque, BSN, ARNP, Instructor in Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire Harold C. Sox, Jr, MD, Joseph M. Huber Professor and Chair of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire Robert Pantell, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Division of General Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California