Bates' Guide to Physical Examination And History Taking (9th Edition) [Hardcover]

Lynn S. Bickley MD (Author), Peter G. Szilagyi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781767180 | ISBN-13: 978-0781767187 | Publication Date: December 9, 2005 | Edition: Ninth

Now in its Ninth Edition, this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examination and taking the patient history. 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. 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.

A new front-of-book CD-ROM includes videos of head-to-toe examination.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 992 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ninth edition (December 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781767180
• ISBN-13: 978-0781767187
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent book for Hx taking and physical exam!!!, December 9, 2006

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jasdoit92 (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination And History Taking (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

There are lots of books out there now for Med students or anyone involved in the medical field to learn about proper Hx taking and physical exam.But clearly this book stands out. Now in it's 9th ed, it comes also with a CD containing videos demonstrating those PE techniques. I'm already done with my residency and finished Med school about a decade ago, but was 'forced' to buy this new edition as I would be teaching Med students Hx taking and Physical diagnosis.I needed to refresh all of those stuff that I learned before,and with this book it made everything easy. Proper techniques of physical examination were clearly described and most of them are illustrated well. The book also shows expected normal findings, and associate those abnormal findings with certain diseases and pathology that they can be seen.
I strongly recomned this book to those who really wanted to learn the proper, correct way of physical examination.It's well worth it-something you'll use throughout your career (like the Dubin book for EKGs).

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars mistakes and typos galore, July 21, 2007

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Sara K (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination And History Taking (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

it's a shame there isn't a better PE book out there. my school required that i get the 9th edition, promising that all the errors of the 8th edition were corrected in the 9th.

let me just start by saying the GLOSSARY in the back of the BOOK hasn't been updated from the last edition. you need to contact the publisher just to get a copy of the correct page numbers.

i'll leave you with this: i suggest a supplement: "Degowins" PE. it's organized 1000-times better and doesn't weigh a ton. truth about bates' is, they try to make things seem SO simple, but in medicine there is rarely only ONE answer.

because it's the only one out there of its kind (it spells out step-by-step procedures to the PE) it's an essential, but it's NOT the bible to PE; get yourself an adjunct text.

DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as thorough as expected..., June 15, 2007

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E. Gutierrez (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination And History Taking (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

Well the book is beautiful and extremely well put together based on logical organization but I have put it to the test utilizing it in my hospital rotations as a step by step guide on what I am looking for and what to write down doing the physical examination and I keep on getting battered by the superior physicians. They always state that something is missing and what they say is missing makes perfect logical sense. It is not necessarily that they are attempting to make me look bad. The book is lacking some terminology and my best assessment is that it is not sufficiently thorough. I am on Amazon again to look for another book.