Periodic health examination combined with multiple screening tests in general practice.

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  • M P Taylor
چکیده

rARLY diagnosis is, and has long been, a concern of the general practitioner, but Ehis main efforts have been directed to satisfying the wants of his patients at their request. Any screening for asymptomatic or early disease has been a by-product of routine clinical practice, during which the patient, having presented himself with his complaints, has had a routine history taken, a physical examination, and often measurement of blood pressure, urinalysis, and blood tests, whether these related to his problem or not.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

دوره 19 92  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1970