Outline of the clinical history
Basic definitions : disease, symptoms, signs, syndromes, and diagnosis
The importance of the clinical history
How the physician's ethics and goals determine the content and techniques of the clinical history
Privacy, the setting, and the apparel for an optimum clinical history
The patient's chief concern and present illness
The past clinical history and the review of systems
The family history
The mental status and psychosocial history
The pregnancy and developmental history (for pediatric patients)
The preventive history and wellness
Succeeding with the difficult history
Ending the clinical history, recording it, and integrating it with the physical examination
The history, appropriate management, informed consent, and patient autonomy
The clinical history of the medical model compared to alternative models
Fostering empathy and compassion.
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Taking the clinical history : eliciting symptoms, knowing the patient, ethical foundations by William DeMyer. ISBN 9780195373776. Published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
