Research Catalog

Title

A guide to physical examination and history taking / Barbara Bates ; with a chapter on the pediatric examination by Robert A. Hoekelman, and a chapter on the pregnant women by Joyce E. (Beebe) Thompson ; illustrations by Susan Shapiro Brenman, Robert Wabnitz and staff, University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Author

Bates, Barbara, 1928-2002.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Hoekelman, Robert A.
• Thompson, Joyce Beebe.

Description

xxii, 711 pages : illustrations; 29 cm +

Subjects

• Physical diagnosis
• Physical Examination
• Children > Physical diagnosis
• Medical history taking

Note

• Accompanying guide intitled: A guide to clinical thinking

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Interviewing and the Health History -- Ch. 2. An Approach to Symptoms -- Ch. 3. Mental Status -- Ch. 4. Physical Examination: Approach and Overview -- Ch. 5. The General Survey -- Ch. 6. The Skin -- Ch. 7. The Head and Neck -- Ch. 8. The Thorax and Lungs -- Ch. 9. The Cardiovascular System -- Ch. 10. The Breasts and Axillae -- Ch. 11. The Abdomen -- Ch. 12. Male Genitalia and Hernias -- Ch. 13. Female Genitalia -- Ch. 14. The Pregnant Woman -- Ch. 15. The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate -- Ch. 16. The Peripheral Vascular System -- Ch. 17. The Musculoskeletal System -- Ch. 18. The Nervous System -- Ch. 19. The Physical Examination of Infants and Children -- Ch. 20. Clinical Thinking: From Data to Plan -- Ch. 21. The Patient's Record.

ISBN

0397550537 (alk. paper)

LCCN

94011970

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries