Talk:Guide to Clinical Examination/General Philosophy

Regarding the paragraph on how to describe the patient's symptom, here is my proposed text.

In questioning the patient regarding their presenting problem, consider the 7 characteristics: Site,Severity (e.g. using a scale of 1 to 10 in the case of pain), Setting or Onset, Timing (duration, recurrence, periodicity), Quality (description, severity), Aggravating or relieving factors (including any attempts to alleviate the problems and their outcomes),Associated symptoms. Furthermore, it is expected of the student to elucidate how this is affecting their everyday life (daily function) and what the patient think causes it/think what it might be/afraid what it might be.