Ebook: Clinical Manual of Surgery

Front cover; Front matter; Clinical manual of surgery; Copyright; Dedication; Contributors; Contributors of photographs; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Abbreviations used; I General Surgery; 1 Introduction; 1.1 How to use this manual; While evaluating an organ (e.g., breast); While evaluating a symptom; While evaluating a sign (e.g., lump); 2 Patient and the surgeon; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Appearance; 2.3 Behaviour; 2.4 Doctor-patient relationship; 2.5 Examination of the patient; 2.6 Frank communication; 2.7 Counselling; 2.8 Management of patients in the hospital.