More on the dying art of the physical exam:
Physical examination provides diagnostic accuracy and reduces the cost of unnecessary testing. More importantly it increases the patient’s confidence and enhances the relationship.
Dr. Rob with more.
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The only bright spot in the decline in medical professionalism is that now I, always mediocre in physical exam, can now be the brilliant diagnotician because I am often the only person to have actually looked and touched, and listened. The same is true of the history. It is so much easier now to be helpful as a consultant just by taking the history and asking what no one else bothered to ask.
Depressing.
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