Medical students and doctors in training will find essential guidance to taking a full history, examining a patient and interpreting the findings. They will learn the art of understanding, contextualising, communicating and explaining, with the doctor-patient relationship firmly at the centre of their practice. These skills remain essential for every doctor, in addition to modern investigative methods.

The book covers basic principles, different patient groups and all the main body systems. Each chapter includes relevant clinical methods and offers guidance for appropriate investigations. New methods and investigations are incorporated into established patterns of clinical practice to offer a fully integrated approach.

This award-winning textbook remains as relevant today as ever and will be treasured by doctors at all levels of training and practice as an outstanding source of learning and reference.

All chapters carefully reviewed and updated to reflect modern practice

Written by experts in their field and reviewed by an International Advisory Board - content is relevant to a wide international readership including in the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and Africa

Covers all the main body systems, including the core areas of respiratory, cardiological, gastrointestinal, neurological and locomotor systems

Text organised by system and problem to aid navigation

Chapters can be read individually, to avoid duplication and need for cross-referencing

Tabulated information and diagrams for clarity and conciseness

Tailored to student needs but suitable for doctors at all levels of training and practice

Winner of multiple awards, including the BMA book awards

New appendix describing the clinical features of COVID-19

Including Bibliography & Index 491-516