Bates' pocket guide to physical examination and history taking
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Bates' pocket guide to physical examination and history taking
Lippincott, c2000
3rd ed
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Pocket guide to physical examination and history taking
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Rev. ed. of: A pocket guide to physical examination and history taking / Barbara Bates, Lynn S. Bickley, Robert A. Hoekelman. 2nd ed. c1995
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Completely revised and updated for the Third Edition, this thorough, pocket-size text presents the classic Bates approach in a quick-reference outline format. This guide outlines a health history; and reviews physical examinations for the adult, the infant and the child. A two-column format explains exam techniques and common findings; special techniques are described in detail, and numerous illustrated charts list comparative findings and abnormalities. This title includes: new health promotion guidelines that provide references for screening, examinations, and counseling; and, full-color photograph reference section that help students identify selected findings.
Table of Contents
- The health history
- health promotion and counselling
- the physical examination of an adult
- the physical examination of infants and children
- aids to interpretation - general survey, mental status, skin, eyes, ears, mouth, pharynx, and neck, thorax and lungs, the cardiovascular system, abdomen, breast/sex maturity ratings in girls, male genitalia/sex maturity ratings in boys, anus, rectum, and prostate, female genitalia, the peripheral vascular system, the musculoskeletal system, the nervous system, clinical data
- clinical thinking and the patient's record.
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