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Physical Diagnosis

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Family Medicine

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Each family physician must be proficient in the art of physical diagnosis; this chapter offers not only basic knowledge but also serves as a review source for the physical diagnostic skills necessary in family medicine.

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Authors
  1. Douglas P. Longenecker
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  2. John C. Gillen
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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D.

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Longenecker, D.P., Gillen, J.C. (1978). Physical Diagnosis. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3999-2_44

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