num_pages: 902
description: The Ninth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examination and taking the patient history. The book features a vibrant full-color design with over 1400 drawings and photographs and a clear simple two-column format with examination techniques on the left and abnormalities and interpretations on the right. Highlights of this edition include greater emphasis on patient communication and interview techniques a new chapter on the older adult and over 200 new drawings and photographs of abnormalities. A front-of-book CD-ROM includes videos of head-to-toe examination. Additional student resources now available include an online e-book more than 15 medical and nursing journal articles and new videos including Cardiovascular: Neck Vessels and Heart and Thorax and Lungs.
language: English
title: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking [with eText Access Code]
publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins