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Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination

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I'm a medical student whose school uses Bates' guide... I must say that this book FAR surpasses Bates. Not only is the information complete, but the pictures and "jewels" it presents are wonderful. This is also better than the Schwartz (which I own also). If I could choose all over which book to buy of the three, I would DEFINITELY buy this one.

Update: I have warmed up to Bates as the semester has gone on; in several sections ("derm" for instance) it has a better selection and discussion of abnormal illustrations and photos than Mosby. Plus, it is usually more succinct but still gives the meat of what you need to know. Finally, it sometimes organizes assessment advice and abnormal assessments better than Mosby. At this point I would give both books 5 stars-- get the book your course requires. If you are particularly interested in assessment, then get DeGowan as well, or get all three.

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Original review: I bought Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking and borrowed Mosby's guide, and I have to say that Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination is more detailed (it's also cheaper). For example, it separates the description of what you see in the nasal mucosa and nasal turbinates, giving expected vs. abnormal findings in both, whereas Bate's lumps both together as nasal mucosa. Another difference is that Mosby's groups infant, child, pregnant woman, and older adult assessments close the the adult assessment area, and Bate's has chapters in the back of the book for those assessments. Therefore, continuing the nasal assessment, to fully determine what a pale boggy turbinate might mean in a child, when using Bates one should look in at least two chapters separated by hundreds of pages. On the other hand, if you are doing a systemic pediatric assignment for school, it is somewhat nice to have one chapter in Bates to look through-- in Mosby's one has to look through each system's (cardiac, respiratory, neurologic) chapter at the "children" sections.

The increased detail in Mosby also comes at the expense of a smaller typeface (they both have about the same number of pages and the same margin area for notes).

I am definitely keeping the Bate's, but I'm going to buy a used Mosby to supplement it. Hope this review helps some NP or MD student!

This book has several chapters that are useful overviews of systems & abnormalities but there are numerous gaping holes in information, which is quite frustrating, and tends to be laking universal organization (bad editors?). Bates is WAY better.

I would strongly recommend the Bates Guide To Physical Examination over this book. This book lacks many procedure details that would help a student learn physical assessment skills. There are some vocabulary terms in the chapters that are undefined, and the illustrations are very limited.

This book is great for students who will be in full contact with patients. With increase in technology usage this book lets the healthcare provider that patients are human too and they need proper care.

The book is indeed informational and of good quality. It also has remarkable pictures, illustrations, and various resources available. Good book to have on hand even after school.

This book was used for a health assessment course. It is thorough, going through each system and how to systematically assess the patient. It includes information on infants, children, pregnant women and older adults for each system. Many color pictures aid to the assessment.

I have this and the large hardcover textbook. This pocket version is great and fits nicely into my coat pocket when I am in clinic. Although it's not as comprehensive as the big Mosby's, it's definitely handy.

This book is great for learning medical exams! the pictures are helpful and the explanations are clear! A must-buy! 5 stars!

This seems to be the common text for most medical training programs. Excellent pictures. Covers most things in Basic concepts without too much detail. Detail is left to other books on each subject.