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As long as there have been physicians and patients, the physicians have been observing the patients. Observation is an art and a skill. It is a subjective, qualitative happening, and clinical observation is no exception. It is learned by experience during education and it has to be obtained anew by each new student in medical practice.
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© 1973 Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde
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Bekkering, D.H. (1973). Comments on Clinical Measurements. In: Kenedi, R.M. (eds) Perspectives in Biomedical Engineering. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01604-4_35
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