Research Catalog

Title

Textbook of physical diagnosis : history and examination / Mark H. Swartz.

Author

Swartz, Mark H.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Saunders Elsevier, [2014]

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Details

Description

xxi, 825 pages; 29 cm

Subjects

• Medical History Taking
• Physical Examination
• Diagnosis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The interviewer's questions -- The patient's responses -- Putting the history together -- The physical examination -- The skin -- The head and neck -- The eye -- The ear and nose -- The oral cavity and pharynx -- The chest -- The heart -- The peripheral vascular system -- The breast -- The abdomen -- Male genitalia and hernias -- Female genitalia -- The musculoskeletal system -- The nervous system -- Putting the examination together -- The pregnant patient -- The pediatric patient -- The geriatric patient -- The acutely ill patient -- Diagnostic reasoning in physical diagnosis -- The clinical record -- Focusing on the focused history and physical examination -- Caring for patients in a culturally diverse society -- Understanding complementary and alternative medicine -- Assessment of nutritional status.

ISBN

• 9780323221481 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0323221483 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013032066

OCLC

• ocn855507218
• 855507218
• SCSB-8971141

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries