Taylor's 10-minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-limited Encounter

by Robert B. Taylor (editor), Audrey A. Paulman (Editor), Jeffrey D. Harrison (Editor)

This quick-reference pocket book is written for primary care practitioners who face diagnostic problems in brief office visits. It offers evidence-based guidelines on which key questions to ask and what data to obtain in order to provide sound diagnoses of common adult problems. More than 140 chapters in eighteen sections cover mental health problems, symptoms and signs in each organ system, laboratory abnormalities, and radiologic abnormalities. This edition has been thoroughly updated by new editors. New chapters cover corneal foreign body, hematuria, brain natriuretic peptide in congestive heart failure, and D-dimer. The format includes more quick-scanning bullets and tables.

428 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Robert B. Taylor, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon and Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. A board-certified family physician, Dr. Taylor is a 1961 graduate of the Temple University School of Medicine. He trained in the United States Public Health Service Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia, and was in private family practice in New Paltz, New York for fourteen years. In 1978 he joined the faculty of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 1984, Dr. Taylor moved to Oregon, where he served as Chairman of the Family Medicine Department of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine until 1998. He is the author and editor of more than 30 medical books including Family Medicine: Principles And Practice (6 Editions), White Coat Tales: Medicine’s Heroes, Heritage And Misadventures, Medical Wisdom And Doctoring: The Art Of 21st Century Medicine, Diagnostic Principles and Applications and On The Shoulders of Medicine’s Giants. Dr. Taylor is married, and he and his wife, Anita, have two daughters and four grandchildren. Now living in Virginia Beach, VA, he is currently retired from active practice but continues to write medical books for health professionals.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hope it be useful
Cause obviously I couldn't memorize them, but it's a good e-book I gonna keep on my mobile.