Clinical skills for medical students: a hands–on guide

There is a new contender in the fight for a place in your white coat pocket. Comprehensive and comprehensible, Clinical skills for medical students describes the procedure for examining each of the five major systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, alimentary, musculoskeletal, and nervous. The accompanying illustrations are not great, but they are usefully incorporated into the text on the appropriate page, so the reader never faces the frustration of flipping repeatedly from cover to cover in search of an elusive “figure X.” There are boxed sections containing essential learning points, tips on techniques, and acronyms to aid learning. And within its …