By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The Ninth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examination and taking the patient history.

To effectively prepare students for practice, the authors emphasize the importance of using clinical reasoning, shared decision-making and other core assessment skills in every patient encounter. Text boxes help readers quickly find important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.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. 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. Now featuring an enhanced design, new content, and new student-friendly learning aids, Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Ninth Edition, is the ideal quick-reference resource for today's medical, PA, pharmacy, and nursing students. Also in this edition are four completely revised chapters including pediatrics rewritten by specialist Peter G.

Expanded coverage of special populations familiarizes you with important approaches for persons who identify as LGBTQ, persons with physical disabilities, and diverse populations throughout the life cycle. The videos demonstrate visually the varying techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation in the regional examinations and special populations. Restructured Regional Exam chapters enhance your understanding of overview material, examination techniques, and health promotion and counseling considerations. Its highly visual four-color design includes 400 new pieces of art and formerly featured black and white photos into color.Updates on risk assessment for breast cancer, the Gail and Claus screening models, and BRCA1 and 2 mutations, as well as recommendations about mammography and clinical and self-breast examination. Rewritten chapter on evaluating clinical evidence clarifies key concepts to ensure student understanding.

Techniques of interviewing chapter has been reorganized to provide clearer insights into the skills of empathic listening. Photographs, illustrations, and references reinforce key content based on the latest evidence-based information. Now in its 5th Edition and featuring completely reshot content and new clinical skills videos, Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course.Text boxes are numbered to provide quick access to important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques. Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination has now expanded its video collection to include nearly 30 brand-new videos focusing on communication and interpersonal skills, which are covered on the USMLE step 1, to train your students for better, more holistic patient care. 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. Topics include active and attentive listening, disclosing serious news, rapport with LGBTQ adults, and more. LWW Health Library is a subscription-based site with industry-leading Lippincott content at its core.

This highly regarded text includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format featuring examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnosis on the right. Wolters Kluwer is a global provider of professional information, software solutions, and services for clinicians, nurses, accountants, lawyers, and tax, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and regulatory sectors.Students and faculty in medical, nursing, and related programs will appreciate the careful attention to clinical accuracy, as well as the range of patient types profiled in the series. New evidence-based guidelines on tobacco cessation, adult immunizations for influenza and pneumonia, hypertension screening, and risk-factor screening for dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome. Bates' also includes a unit on special populations, covering special stages in the life cycle-infancy through adolescence, pregnancy, and aging. Restructured Regional Exam chapters enhance your understanding of overview material, examination techniques, and health promotion and counseling considerations. Expanded coverage of special populations familiarizes you with important approaches for persons who identify as LGBTQ, persons with physical disabilities, and diverse populations throughout the life cycle.