Bates' pocket guide to physical examination and history taking
By: Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi.
Contributors: Bates, Barbara, 1928-; Szilagyi, Peter G.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780781780667
Subjects: Physical diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Medical history taking -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Physical Examination -- methods -- Handbooks; Medical History Taking -- methods -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Other titles: Pocket guide to physical examination and history taking
Notes: Abridgement of:  Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking. 10th ed. c2009.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Overview : physical examination and history taking; title: Clinical reasoning, assessment, and recording your findings; title: Interviewing and the health history; title: Beginning the physical examination : general survey, vital signs, and pain; title: Behavior and mental status; title: The skin, hair, and nails; title: The head and neck; title: The thorax and lungs; title: The cardiovascular system; title: The breasts and axillae; title: The abdomen; title: The peripheral vascular system; title: Male genitalia and hernias; title: Female genitalia; title: The anus, rectum, and prostate; title: The musculoskeletal system; title: The nervous system; title: Assessing children : infancy through adolescence; title: The pregnant woman; title: The older adult.