1st Edition
Primary Care Diagnostics The Patient-Centred Approach in the New Commissioning Environment
By Nicholas Summerton
Copyright 2011
218 Pages
by
CRC Press
218 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Primary care diagnostics involves interpreting and applying information obtained directly from the patient. It re-emphasises the importance of the patient's input into the diagnostic process and of using investigations only after careful consideration has been given to the costs and benefits from both the patient's and the health service's perspectives. The first edition of this book,... Read more
Introduction. Diagnostic difficulties. Principles of primary care diagnostics. Patient’s story: Symptoms. Past medical history. Clinical examination. Diagnostic testing. Diagnostic research. The application of primary care diagnostics: Cancer. The application of primary care diagnostics: Commissioning. Conclusion.
Biography
Nicholas Summerton
