Chapter-02 Preliminary Information about the Patient
BOOK TITLE: Pocket Manual on the Art of History Taking
Author
1. Prabhu Shivananda
ISBN
9788184486209
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10625_2
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
8
Author Affiliations
1.
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India,
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
Chapter keywords
case files,
social customs,
dietary habits,
pathology,
bedridden patients,
ignorant assumptions,
preliminary data,
patient’s occupation,
residential address,
religious sensibilities,
endemic diseases,
blood transfusions,
organ transplants