Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th Edition - Hardcover

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Condition: New
ISBN-13: 9781975210533
Format: Hardcover

The thirteenth edition of Bates' Guide, the standard text for learning the physical examination and the clinical interview.

It teaches history taking and communication first, then works region by region through the examination, pairing technique with the findings that technique is meant to elicit and with the clinical reasoning that follows. Photographs and tables of abnormal findings run throughout, and there are chapters on examining children, older adults and pregnant patients.

Used by medical, nursing, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students learning assessment, and kept as a reference in practice.