Bates' pocket guide to physical examination and history taking

Author(s)

• Bickley, Lynn S.
• Szilagyi, Peter G.
• Bates, Barbara

Bibliographic Information

Bates' pocket guide to physical examination and history taking

Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi

Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009

6th ed

Other Title

Pocket guide to physical examination and history taking

Note

Abridgement of : Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking. 10th ed. c2009

Includes index

Contents of Works

• Overview : physical examination and history taking
• Clinical reasoning, assessment, and recording your findings
• Interviewing and the health history
• Beginning the physical examination : general survey, vital signs, and pain
• Behavior and mental status
• The skin, hair, and nails
• The head and neck
• The thorax and lungs
• The cardiovascular system
• The breasts and axillae
• The abdomen
• The peripheral vascular system
• Male genitalia and hernias
• Female genitalia
• The anus, rectum, and prostate
• The musculoskeletal system
• The nervous system
• Assessing children : infancy through adolescence
• The pregnant woman
• The older adult

Details

• NCID: BA88550870
• ISBN:
  • 9780781780667
• LCCN: 2008030392
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 453 p.
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC76
  • NLM : WB 39
  • DC22 : 616.07/54
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Physical diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Medical history taking -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • MESH : Physical Examination -- methods -- Handbooks
  • MESH : Medical History Taking -- methods -- Handbooks