Grossly Evident PigmentGross photograph of liver core biopsies embedded in the paraffin block show dark regions corresponding to the pigment within centrizonal hepatocytes. Cytoplasmic PigmentH&E section shows coarse granular pigment…
Cytoplasmic PigmentH&E at high power shows lipofuscin pigment in centrizonal hepatocytes. PAS-D StainPeriodic acid-Schiff with diastase digestion accentuates the granular pigment in centrizonal hepatocytes , even though the pigment is…
3 Aims and structure of the consultation Chapter Contents Concerning aims Interim thoughts Notions of health and illness Engendering wellbeing Accept the gift of one’s own symptoms 100 If you feel…
5 Case history-taking Hearing the patient’s story Chapter Contents General considerations Taking the history Summary of the aims of history-taking The history of the case history The ‘conversation’ The nature…
2 The therapeutic relationship in phytotherapy Chapter Contents The challenge of the therapeutic relationship What is the ‘therapeutic relationship’? The variety of relationship models in healthcare Patient expectations: clarification and…
1 Phytotherapy in context Chapter Contents The origins of herbal therapeutics The common origins of diet and medicine Matters of taste Shape-shifting Food, medicine and pharmacology Co-evolution Wholeness and complexity…
4 On profiling and diagnosis Appreciating the patient’s predicament Chapter Contents Introduction Expectations and agendas: never assume Weighing the three classic strategies On convergence and divergence Distinctive features of the…
6 Physical examination and clinical investigation Other ways of knowing Chapter Contents The nature of physical examination Examination versus investigation Evidence-based physical examination Aims and potentials of physical examination The…
7 Concluding the consultation and providing ongoing care Coherence and continuity Chapter Contents Introduction Moving towards a conclusion Aims and strategies in closing Coherence and understanding Awareness of placebo and…
