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Textbook of Physical Diagnosis History and Examination

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ISBN-10: 1416062033

ISBN-13: 9781416062035

Edition: 6th 2010

Authors: Mark H. Swartz

List price: $106.00
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Despite the advanced technologies at our disposal today, a complete health history and physical examination remain the most crucial diagnostic tools in any healthcare practitioner's arsenal. And no one teaches these all-important skills better than Mark H. Swartz, MD, FACP. For nearly two decades, Dr. Swartz's textbook has shown readers how to derive the maximum diagnostic information from interviewing and examining patients. Using a compassionate, humanistic approach, Dr. Swartz explores how cultural differences can influence communication, diet, family relationships, and health practices and beliefs, and demonstrates that your interpersonal awareness is just as essential in physical…    
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Book details

List price: $106.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 928
Size: 9.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.730
Language: English

The Art of Interviewing
The Interviewer's Questions
The Patient's Responses
Caring for Patients in a Culturally Diverse Society
Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Assessment of Nutritional Status
Putting the History Together
The Science of the Physical Examination
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
Evaluation of Specific Patients
The Pregnant Patient
The Pediatric Patient
The Geriatric Patient
The Acutely Ill Patient
Putting the Data to Work
Diagnostic Reasoning in Physical Diagnosis
The Clinical Record
Focusing on the Focused History and Physical Examination Epilogue
Commonly Abused Drugs
Signs and Symptoms in Deficiency States
Conversion Tables