Includes index.

Part I: History taking -- Abdominal distention -- Abdominal pain in pregnancy -- Abdominal pain -- Alcohol intake -- Amenorrhoea -- Anxiety -- Ataxia -- Back pain -- Chest pain -- Collapse and loss of conciousness -- Confusion -- Constipation -- Cough -- Deliberate self‐harm -- Diarrhoea -- Dizziness and vertigo -- Dyspepsia -- Dysphagia -- Dysphasia -- Dysuria -- Otalgia–ear ache -- Falls -- Fever -- Haematemesis -- Haematuria -- Haemoptysis -- Headache -- Hoarseness -- Jaundice -- Joint pain -- Acute leg pain (ischaemic leg) -- Leg ulcer -- Loin pain -- Loss of memory -- Low mood -- Lumps and bumps -- Melaena -- Menorrhagia -- Nausea -- Numbness and weakness -- Paediatrics: diarrhoea -- Paediatrics: convulsions/seizures -- Paediatrics: difficulty in breathing -- Paediatrics: non‐specific unwell neonate -- Paediatrics: vomiting -- Paediatrics: wheeze -- Pain -- Palpitations -- Paresthesia -- Per rectum bleeding -- Preoperative assessment -- Per vaginum bleeding in pregnancy -- Pruritus -- Pervaginal bleed -- Pervaginal discharge -- Rash -- Red eye–painless -- Red eye–painful -- Seizure -- Sexual history from a female patient -- Sexual history from a male patient -- Shortness of breath -- Stridor -- Substance misuse -- Swollen legs and ankles -- Syncope -- Tiredness/lethargy -- Tremor -- Unilateral leg swelling -- Varicose veins -- Vomiting -- Weight gain -- Weight loss -- Wheeze -- Part II: Communication skills -- Alcohol advice -- The angry patient -- Breaking bad news or results -- The deaf patient -- Diabetes counselling -- Explaining a clinical procedure -- Insulin counselling -- Life style advice post myocardial infarction -- Cessation of smoking -- Oral steroids counselling.