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This chapter describes the logical principles behind physical diagnosis. What knowledge is needed and why does a problem-oriented approach work? Are these principles applicable to other branches of medicine? How can students learn these skills? The second half describes the specific steps in clinical examination: introduce yourself, gain rapport, take a history, make a preliminary diagnosis and predict historical clues and physical signs and do a goal-oriented examination.
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Hutson, J.M., Beasley, S.W. (2013). General Principles. In: The Surgical Examination of Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29814-1_1
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