Rövid leírás:
This book discusses the art of medicine in a simple dialogue style – between the patient and the doctor – and shows through bedside teaching the treatment of an illness rather than the patient. Containing 20 case studies, it sensitises the reader to look at a patient holistically, not just the body, but mind and emotions too.
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Hosszú leírás:
The mechanism of medicine has emerged, its humanism. The physician no longer ministers to a distinctive person but concerns himself with a particular malfunctioning organ. The distressed patient is frequently forgotten or relegated to the background. A thought process is essential for discussing and understanding a symptom. This book brings the doctor to the bedside of the patient for history, clinical examination, investigation, and finally diagnosis.
This book discusses the art of medicine in a simple dialogue style – between the patient and the doctor – and shows through bedside teaching, the treatment of an illness or a disease, rahter than the patient. This illustrated volume contains 20 case studies and sensitises the reader to look at a patient holistically, not just at the body, but at the mind and emotions too. This unique volume teaches medicinal science as an art of healing, where modern medicine is not just restricted to science
and technology.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
High Fever with Sudden Breathlessness and Bilateral Alveolar Shadows
Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax
A Patient with Severe Cyanosis
A Rare Critical Illness
CNS Infections in a Compromised Host
Haemoptysis in a Young Girl
A Lady with a ‘Stroke’
A Patient with Pyrexia of Unkown Origin
‘Pneumonia’ in an Elderly Man
A Lady with Increasing Fatiguability and Weight Loss
An Illness Starting with Tiredness, Weight Loss and Skin Rash
A Lady with Rapidly Evolving Quadriplegia
A Patient with Increasing Breathlessness on Exertion
Lady with Fever, Joint Swellings and Bilateral Paratoid Enlargement
Pneumonia in an Immunosuppressed Patient
Sepsis and Multi-organ Failure – A Problem in Management
A Lady with Recurrent Substernal Pain Radiating to the Left Arm
A Lady with Long-standing Asthma
Postoperative Problems After Cardiac Surgery
A Patient with a Persistent Forward Droop of the Head
