Diagnosis: A Brief Introduction

By Reuben D. Glass

This introductory text will help medical students to develop a framework for clinical diagnosis. An overview of clinical reasoning - how experienced doctors think and act - is presented, to assist medical students to learn the principles of gathering and using information, before they proceed to learn specific clinical skills. Students are encouraged to gather information relevant to an initial dominant cue. Different methods of diagnostic reasoning are discussed, including the theory and practice of 'the gong' as a weight of evidence. Written by Reuben Glass, an experienced clinician and teacher, and illustrated by cartoonist Ron Tandberg, this clear, readable, and humorous text will appeal to all medical students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019553963X
• ISBN13: 9780195539639
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"