num_pages: 134
description: 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.
language: English
title: Diagnosis: A Brief Introduction
publisher: Oxford University Press