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The medical history taking complement information gathered in the [[physical examination]] and is an important part of the [[physician-patient relationship]].
The medical history taking complement information gathered in the [[physical examination]] and is an important part of the [[physician-patient relationship]].
Soliciting the patient's narrative may be more effective than asking closed ended questions.<ref name="pmid12767949">{{cite journal |author=Haidet P, Paterniti DA |title="Building" a history rather than "taking" one: a perspective on information sharing during the medical interview |journal=Arch. Intern. Med. |volume=163 |issue=10 |pages=1134–40 |year=2003 |month=May |pmid=12767949 |doi=10.1001/archinte.163.10.1134 |url=http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12767949 |issn=}}</ref>
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In health care, the medical history taking is a systematic and thorough interview of the patient for symptoms and risk factors of disease or abnormality as well as relevant psychosocial factors that might affect the expression of treatment of disease.[1]

The medical history taking complement information gathered in the physical examination and is an important part of the physician-patient relationship.

Soliciting the patient's narrative may be more effective than asking closed ended questions.[2]


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