The Breast
Chapter 13 The Breast1 The shape of the breast is like a gourd. They are round for holding blood to be changed into milk. … They have teats, that the…
MEDICAL ASSISSTANT
Diagnostic Reasoning in Physical Diagnosis
Chapter 24 Diagnostic Reasoning in Physical Diagnosis1 Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. One of the chief reasons for this uncertainty is the increasing variability…
The Pregnant Patient
Chapter 20 The Pregnant Patient1 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … . Charles Dickens (1812–1870) General Considerations As of 2008, the average birth…
The Geriatric Patient
Chapter 22 The Geriatric Patient Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative. Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) General Considerations The geriatric patient is an individual 65 years of age…
The Head and Neck
Chapter 6 The Head and Neck A lady, aged twenty, became affected with some symptoms which were supposed to be hysterical. … After she had been in this nervous state…
Caring for Patients in a Culturally Diverse Society
Chapter 27 Caring for Patients in a Culturally Diverse Society What the scalpel is to the surgeon, words are to the clinician. … [T]he conversation between doctor and patient is…
The Interviewer’s Questions
Chapter 1 The Interviewer’s Questions What is spoken of as a “clinical picture” is not just a photograph of a man sick in bed; it is an impressionistic painting of…
The Acutely Ill or Injured Patient
Chapter 23 The Acutely Ill or Injured Patient1 There is no thing more precious here than tyme. Saint Bernard (1090–1153) The objective of this chapter is to provide a practical…
The Clinical Record
Chapter 25 The Clinical Record May I never forget that the patient is a fellow human creature in pain. May I never consider the patient merely a vessel of disease….
Putting the Examination Together
Chapter 19 Putting the Examination Together A physician is not only a scientist or a good technician. He must be more than that—he must have good human qualities. He has…
