Table of Contents

Preface: What this book is about. 1 Principles of clinical problem solving. 2 Communication in clinical care. 3 Models of disease. 4 Diagnosis. 5 Fine art of prognostication. 6 Making clinical management decisions. 7 Monitoring in chronic disease. 8 Screening for disease, health promotion and disease prevention. 9 Endpiece. References. Index

About the Author

Chris Del Mar, Bond University Jenny Doust, University of Queensland Paul Glasziou, University of Oxford