Patient Counselling

Patient counselling is an important aspect aspect of medicine, however I feel it's not really done well by most medical students..in these few pages I aim to share the important aspects of certain issues you should be comfortable about discussing with the patient.

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GENERAL

Breaking Bad News

 

PROCEDURES

Consent-taking

Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD)

Colonoscopy

Computed Tomography (CT) Scan

Laparotomy

Lumbar Puncture

Radionucleotide Studies

 

TREATMENT

Corticosteroids

Immunosuppressants

 

PAEDIATRICS

Seizure management

Paediatric liver disease


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