Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking (Paperback)

by Lynn S Bickley (Author), Lynn S. Bickley (Author)

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Product Description
This concise, pocket-size resource presents the classic Bates approach in a two-column outline format. The Fourth Edition features new full-color design and art, complete chapter reorganization by body system, and a PDA download with an overview of the head-to-toe assessment. This guide outlines health history; provides an illustrated review of physical examinations for the adult and pediatric patient; reviews common findings; describes special techniques of assessment; and provides succinct aids to interpretation. New content includes two new chapters on interviewing and the Health History and the Pregnant Woman, sample documentation, and increased health promotion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth Edition edition (November 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781738180
• ISBN-13: 978-0781738187
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #174,690 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bates Pocket guide to physical exams and history taking, June 4, 2000

By	"jcckruse" (the greatest country on earth (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking (Paperback)

This is a very informative reference. I am a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy and I see a wide variety of patients on a daily basis. This guide helps me out in performing the correct exams or tests. It also helps the doctor out when he reads my write up. This allows less time for the patient in medical, less time for the doctor, so he doesn't have to see the patient. It also helps me out when a patient is presented to medical with a complaint that I have not heard of or seen yet. I have learned so much more with this book. Thank You and if you are in the medical field and see patients like I do, I recommend this book.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EASY-TO-COMPREHEND POCKET GUIDE, March 30, 2003

By	reviewer (Zurich, Switzerland.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking (Paperback)

This "Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking" is an easy-to-comprehend manual which was structured in a way that should meet the needs of both doctors and nurses. The information contained in this book are simple and straightforward; and just like the complete edition, they included paediatric coverage. The chapters of this book examined both morphological and physiological abnormalities and/or irregularities. They included several illustrative charts and tables, which facilitate comparative analyses of clinical data.
If appropriately adhered to, the supervisory procedures outlined in this book would assist medics in making correct evaluation of each case they encounter. Also worth pointing out, is the way the book paid attention to drug administration.
In all, this is a good medical adviser, which inexperienced medics should have in their lab-coat pockets.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a find!, July 29, 2000

By	"silverweb1" (Elmont, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking (Paperback)

This book is a very thorough review of the physical diagnostic exam. It provides a thorough review of systems that is brief and to the point. While not a substitute for the text, it is quick and easy to use. To top it all off, it REALLY is a perfect sized book for the pocket.