num_pages: 902
description: Now in its Ninth Edition, 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 1,400 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 new front-of-book CD-ROM includes videos of head-to-toe examination.
language: English
title: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination And History Taking
titlecomplete: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination And History Taking (9th Edition)
genres: Medical, School, Science, Reference, Education, Textbooks, Medicine, Nonfiction, Nursing
ratings_count: 784
publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins