MacLeod’s Clinical Examination 13th Edition

This classic textbook is a comprehensive guide to evaluating symptoms and eliciting relevant physical signs, providing clinicians with the practical skills needed to develop diagnostic procedures and management strategies.

Awards and Recognition

‘Highly Commended’ in the 2006 and 2010 BMA Medical Book Competitions, this 13th Edition has been thoroughly updated to provide the most comprehensive resource for clinicians.

Key Features

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Published: July 5, 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0702047287; ISBN-13: 978-0702047282

What’s New in the 13th Edition

• Four new chapters on examination in specific situations, including the frail elderly and febrile adults
• A new section on demonstrating techniques learned in the book in an OSCE and other formative and summative examinations
• Over 50 new text boxes highlighting the evidence-base for examination techniques discussed

Enhanced Content

The text has been substantially rewritten, with more on medically unexplained symptoms in the History Taking chapter and extended coverage of diabetes mellitus in the Endocrine System chapter.

Videos and Online Resources

Integrated with the online text are clinical examination videos of trained professionals performing many of the examination routines described in the book, with a new accompanying commentary by the Editor, Professor Colin Robertson. Two new videos show how the Glasgow Coma Scale should be performed in clinical situations, demonstrating the correct techniques and common pitfalls in using the GCS.

Link to Sister Publication

MacLeod’s Clinical Examination is closely linked to its sister publication, Davidson’s Principles & Practice of Medicine, which complements the information in this text.