The Patient History: Evidence-Based Approach

The Complete Patient History carefully teaches students the steps in history taking, the most important part of the clinical examination It fills a large void in the market. At present, there are many books available on performing the physical examination, but very few focus on the patient interview. Of these, none are organised by specific complaints, much how patients are encountered in a clinical or office setting.

Mark Henderson, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Administration, Unversity of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA

Lawrence M. Tierney, MD Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Associate Chief of Medical Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Kraytman, Maurice, M.D., University of Brussels, Belgium