Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking Twelfth, North American Edition Test Bank:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) released the 12th North American Edition of Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. This trusted guidebook provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to conducting patient interviews and physical examinations, using clinical evidence to support core assessment skills, clinical reasoning, and shared decision-making. The text features fully illustrated, easy-to-follow techniques, including abnormalities with differential diagnoses clearly indicated in red on the right side of a two-column format with examination techniques on the left. The book includes a section on special populations, such as infants through adolescence, pregnancy, and aging. Clinical pearls highlighted in blue emphasize key points throughout the text, while text boxes help readers find important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques quickly. The revised edition features updated and new photographs, figures, and illustrations, and a rewritten chapter on evaluating clinical evidence to clarify essential concepts for student understanding. Additionally, it includes revised and expanded chapters on the skin, hair, and nails, behavior and mental status, obesity and nutrition counseling, and geriatric assessment tools, among others, making it an essential reference for mastering every aspect of physical examination.
Table of Contents
UNIT 1: Foundations of Health Assessment
CHAPTER 1: Foundations for Clinical Proficiency
CHAPTER 2: Evaluating Clinical Evidence CHAPTER 3: Interviewing and the Health History
CHAPTER 11: The Abdomen
CHAPTER 12: The Peripheral Vascular System
CHAPTER 13: Male Genitalia and Hernias CHAPTER 14: Female Genitalia
CHAPTER 15: The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
CHAPTER 16: The Musculoskeletal System
CHAPTER 17: The Nervous System
UNIT 3: Special Populations
CHAPTER 18: Assessing Children: Infancy through Adolescence
CHAPTER 19: The Pregnant Woman
CHAPTER 20: The Older Adult
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