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Bates'
Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking

Ninth Edition
by Lynn S. Bickley

Now in its Ninth Edition, Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking still provides the best foundation for performing physical examination and taking the patient history.

The book features:

  • a vibrant full-color design
  • more than 1,400 drawings and photographs
  • a clear, simple two-column format with examination techniques on the left and abnormalities and interpretations on the right

Highlights of this ninth edition include:

  • greater emphasis on patient communication and interview techniques
  • a new chapter on the older adult
  • more 200 new drawings and photographs of abnormalities

A new front-of-book CD-ROM includes videos of head-to-toe examination.

Contents

Foundations of Physical Examination and History Taking

  1. An Overview of Physical Examination and History Taking
  2. Interviewing and the Health History
  3. Clinical Reasoning, Assessment, and Plan

Regional Examinations

  1. Beginning the Physical Examination: General Survey and Vital Signs
  2. The Skin, Hair, and Nails
  3. The Head and Neck
  4. The Thorax and Lungs
  5. The Cardiovascular System
  6. The Breasts and Axillae
  7. The Abdomen
  8. Male Genitalia and Hernias
  9. Female Genitalia
  10. The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
  11. The Peripheral Vascular System
  12. The Musculoskeletal System
  13. The Nervous System: Mental Status and Behavior
  14. The Nervous System: Cranial Nerves, Motor System, Sensory System, and Reflexes

Life-Span Examinations

  1. Assessing Children: Infancy Through Adolescence
  2. The Pregnant Woman
  3. The Older Adult

Index

Also available from C.H.I.P.S.:
Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 5th edition
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking Case Studies, 9th edition
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 3-Part Set

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Bates' Guide to
Physical Examination
and History Taking

Ninth Edition
Book + CD-ROM
by Lynn S. Bickley

2007 • 902 pages • $89.95 + shipping
Texas residents please add 6.75 % sales tax

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