TY - BOOK AU - Bickley,Lynn S. AU - Szilagyi,Peter G. AU - Bates,Barbara TI - Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking SN - 9780781780582 U1 - 616.0754 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Physical diagnosis KW - Medical history taking KW - Physical Examination KW - methods KW - Medical History Taking N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "The 10th edition of the pre-eminent textbook on physical examination and history taking contains foundational content to guide students' approaches to history taking, interviewing, and other core assessment concepts, as well as fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline correct performance of physical examination. The comprehensive content is intended for high-level nursing education and practice markets, medical students, and related health professions (eg, physician assistants). Text includes head-to-toe assessment and techniques of communication videos."--Jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008030391.html UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016722177&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -