TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Foreword A1 - Simel, David L. A1 - Rennie, Drummond PY - 2016 T2 - The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis AB - I remember my introduction to the medical history and clinical examination as the most exciting moments of my early career. As each item in the history and physical examination was explained and given meaning and significance, I believed that after the long preclinical years I had at last reached the threshold of becoming a physician. I could begin to hold more than a comforting conversation with a patient. I could use my ears, eyes, and hands to disclose the patient's problem and so begin to be of actual use to a real patient. As I polished my skills, it did not occur to me that the divination of all those signs and symptoms was anything but an art: the epitome of the art of medicine. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - jamaevidence.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170154805 ER -