Publisher's Synopsis
This text provides tutorials in the problem-orientated approach to clinical medicine, as opposed to the more common system-based emphasis of most texbooks. It covers the full range of signs and symptoms encountered in clinical practice, with the emphasis on those features of the history and examination which are important in differential diagnosis. Each chapter ends with an illustrative case history.;All chapters have been reviewed and revised, including new aids to diagnosis and new screening techniques, e.g. NMR, echo and ultrasound and there is new discussion on AIDS included plus more information on the management of coronary artery disease.