Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking – Eleventh Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN 10: 1609137620
• ISBN 13: 9781609137625
• Author: Bickley, Lynn S., M.D.; Szilagyi, Peter G., M.D.

The 11th edition of the pre-eminent textbook on physical examination contains foundational content to guide students’ approaches to history taking, interviewing, and other core assessment skills, as well as fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline correct performance of physical examination. The book features a vibrant full-color art program and an easy-to-follow two-column format with step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right. The comprehensive, evidence-based content is intended for medical students, high-level nursing education and practice markets, as well as related health professions such as physician assistants. New for this edition: content has been fully revised and updated to reflect the most recent health care literature; more than 200 new and revised photographs and drawings have been added to better illustrate key points in the accompanying text; design and layout has been revised to increase discoverability of core material and special assessment tips; and, techniques of interviewing chapter has been reorganized to provide clearer insights into the skills of empathic listening.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: Overview: Physical Examination and History Taking

Chapter 2: Clinical Reasoning, Assessment, and Recording Your Findings

Chapter 3: Interviewing and the Health History

Chapter 4: Beginning the Physical Examination: General Survey, Vital Signs, and Pain

Chapter 5  Behavior and Mental Status

Chapter 6: The Skin, Hair, and Nails

Chapter 7: The Head and Neck

Chapter 8: The Thorax and Lungs

Chapter 9: The Cardiovascular System

Chapter 10: The Breasts

Chapter 11: The Abdomen

Chapter 12: The Peripheral Vascular System

Chapter 13: Male Genitalia and Hernias

Chapter 14: Female Genitalia

Chapter 15: The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate

Chapter 16: The Musculoskeletal System

Chapter 17: The Nervous System

Chapter 18: Assessing Children: Infancy Through Adolescence

Chapter 19: The Pregnant Woman

Chapter 20: The Older Adult