Textbook of physical diagnosis history and examination

• Main Author: Swartz, Mark H. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier/Saunders 2014
• Edition: Seventh Edition
• Subjects: Diagnosis; Medical History Taking; Physical Examination
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Derive the maximum diagnostic information from interviewing and examining patients with Textbook of Physical Diagnosis. Employing a compassionate, humanistic approach, Dr. Swartz explores how cultural differences can influence communication, diet, family relationships, and health practices and belie...

Table of Contents:

• The interviewer's questions
• The patient's responses
• Putting the history together
• The physical examination
• The skin
• The head and neck
• The eye
• The ear and nose
• The oral cavity and pharynx
• The chest
• The heart
• The peripheral vascular system
• The breast
• The abdomen
• Male genitalia and hernias
• Female genitalia
• The musculoskeletal system
• The nervous system
• Putting the examination together
• The pregnant patient
• The pediatric patient
• The geriatric patient
• The acutely ill patient
• Diagnostic reasoning in physical diagnosis
• The clinical record
• Focusing on the focused history and physical examination
• Caring for patients in a culturally diverse society
• Understanding complementary and alternative medicine
• Assessment of nutritional status.