صفحه 1:
5 طبایع
صفحه 2:
HOMOEOPATHIC
CASE TAKING STRATEGIES
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صفحه 3:
Which Symptom Is Most
Important?
A 64 year old lady presents 1 month after her
mother died.
She has blond hair, blue eyes, is very weepy at
presentation, and asks for the window to be
opened to let some air in.
She has a 3 week history of back pain, which is
burning, better from heat, worse for rest, and
better once she gets it moving.
She has angina, with left sided chest pain on
minimal exertion. <
She craves pickles, is irritable with her fami
describes a feeling as if her uterus might fallayy
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صفحه 4:
883 CASE TAKING “demands
nothing of the medical-art
practitioner except...
* freedom from bias
* attention while observing
* fidelity in recording the image of
the disease”
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صفحه 5:
Case Taking
* §84 Do not interrupt
* §85 Take a new line for each symptom
۰ 898 Use patient’s own words
۰ §86-89 Go back for more information later
Ask only open questions
* §91-92 Symptom picture before intervention
is important
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صفحه 6:
Case Taking
* §93-95 MIND symptoms should be asked at the end
- Aetiology
- Maintaining Factors
- Suicidality, living habits, stress, addictions,
diet etc.
* 895 Chronic Disease - elicit chronic patterns the
patient may
think insignificant (e.g. menses, a
particular cough/habit -“it’s been <=
there so long | forgot about it”).
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صفحه 7:
Case Taking - Sample
Layout
Presenting Complaint - patient/relative’s account
Past Medical History/Drug History
Family History
Social/Personal History
Systemic Inquiry - include sexual history
Homoeopathic History
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صفحه 8:
Case Taking - Homoeopathic
History
* General Symptoms - “I” - Temp, Sweat, Time,
Position
* Food/Appetite
° Thirst
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* Mental Symptoms
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صفحه 9:
Case Taking - Homoeopathic
History
¢ Mental Symptoms
- Will
- Understanding
- Memory
* Mental Characteristics
- Patient’s thoughts
- Own Observations
- ?Transference/Counter-transference
* Strange, Rare & Peculiar
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