TOWARDS EARLIER DIAGNOSIS: A Family Doctor's Approach

THE fact that a second edition of Dr. Keith Hodgkin's book "Towards Earlier Diagnosis" has had to be published only three years after the first edition is a striking testimony to its worth. Vocational training for general practice is one aspect of post-graduate medical education which is exercising the minds of many doctors today. This book, which consists chiefly of concise and systematic records from Dr. Hodgkin's general practice in Redcar, is surely one which should be compulsory reading for every doctor undergoing vocational training. The early chapters of the book deal with the technique of diagnosis in general practice, clinical pointers to diagnosis and the emotional reactions of patients. These chapters bear the authentic stamp of personal experience and should be equally valuable to established as well as to recently-qualified doctors. J.McK.