Bates' Guide To Physical Examination And History Taking (Hardcover)

by Peter Gabor Szilagyi (Author), Lynn S. Bickley

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Product Description
A classic in assessment, this "Eighth Edition" revision still provides the best foundation for learning and performing physical examination techniques and history taking. It features a clean, straightforward approach that retains the two-column format placing examination procedures and proper techniques on the left, and common abnormalities and possible interpretations on the right. Its highly visual four-color design includes 400 new pieces of art and formerly featured black and white photos into color. Also in this edition are four completely revised chapters including pediatrics rewritten by specialist Peter G. Szilaygi, MD. Two free CD-ROMs are now packaged with the book. The first contains heart sounds; the second contains videos of Head-to-Toe Assessment and Approach to the Patient. A separate book of case studies for further study is also available.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 862 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 8th edition (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078175819X
• ISBN-13: 978-0781758192
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #546,465 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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).

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive,thorough and excellent, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking (Hardcover)

this is the best book for study at all levels of medical education with systematic examination tech. and a basic understanding of the underlying process preceeding ,giving the clinician a good review of the system in check and also important points for counselling which have to be touched upon before the encounter closes..

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Errors in book, lacking correct information, September 30, 2002

By	Christopher Jordan (Hummelstown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bates' Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking (Book with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)

I would not recommend this book. On techniques of examination of the Nose and Sinuses this book shows and tells you to use an otoscope with an ear speculum to examine the nose. This is wrong. The correct way to examine the nose is with a bivalve nasal speculum and a penlight or a headlight. Also an ear speculum should only be used to examine the external auditory canal of the ear. When Dr. Barbara Bates was the author of this book this correct information on the nasal examination was in the book. Dr. Bickley should not have taken correct information out of this book and inserted wrong information. Also this book does not have posterior rhinoscopy(examination of the nasopharynx with a nasopharyngeal mirror), indirect laryngoscopy with a laryngeal mirror, anoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy. I recommend Textbook of Physical Diagnosis 4th ed. by Mark Swartz, M.D. for Physical Diagnosis courses not Bickley's book.