The Complete Patient History

by Maurice Kraytman

Book Overview

Thoroughly updated, this text is designed to teach and reinforce the proper practice of problem-centered history taking. After a brief review of the steps in history taking, the book then discusses... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070356149
• ISBN13: 9780070356146
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent text for obtaining pt hx

Great book, includes the basics you desire combined with a clever format that helps to guide your listening and questioning...

Excellent!

The best feature of this book for me was that it offered examples of real questions to ask during the medical interview.

Great source for history algorithms and epidemiological data to guide clinical expectations

Presentation-specific chapter headings guide the reader through dozens of common chief complaints in an organized and methodical (system-based) manner. While initially intimidating, this text has earned its place in my medical bag. It has repeatedly proven just as useful in the clinic as in the classroom...just like any text should, but often fails to achieve. My only request is that the authors extend the portability of this text by providing reference flashcards or possibly a pocket-sized companion text.

STEAL THIS BOOK

.......... This book is the best book for 2nd and 3rd year students who are interacting with patients for the first time. the hardest part about taking a history is knowing what questions to ask. this book TELLS YOU. It's organized by system and by Chief complaint, each section includes a well thought out DDx, and a list of questions you should ask and what it mean if the patient says yes. it also tells you what physical signs to look for and what lab tests to order. Your presentations and H & Ps will through and you will understand why you ask all those silly questions in the first place.