Research Catalog

Title

Textbook of physical diagnosis : history and examination / Mark H. Swartz.

Author

Swartz, Mark H.

Publication

Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, [2010], ©2010.

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Details

Description

xx, 902 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm +

Subjects

• Physical Examination
• Medical History Taking
• Diagnosis
• Physical diagnosis > Textbooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. 1. The Art of Interviewing -- Ch. 1. The Interviewer's Questions -- Ch. 2. The Patient's Responses -- Ch. 3. Caring for Patients in a Culturally Diverse Society -- Ch. 4. Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Ch. 5. Assessment of Nutritional Status -- Ch. 6. Putting the History Together -- Sect. 2. The Science of the Physical Examination -- Ch. 7. The Physical Examination -- Ch. 8. The Skin -- Ch. 9. The Head and Neck -- Ch. 10. The Eye -- Ch. 11. The Ear and Nose -- Ch. 12. The Oral Cavity and Pharynx -- Ch. 13. The Chest -- Ch. 14. The Heart -- Ch. 15. The Peripheral Vascular System -- Ch. 16. The Breast -- Ch. 17. The Abdomen -- Ch. 18. Male Genitalia and Hernias -- Ch. 19. Female Genitalia -- Ch. 20. The Musculoskeletal System -- Ch. 21. The Nervous System -- Ch. 22. Putting the Examination Together -- Sect. 3. Evaluation of Specific Patients -- Ch. 23. The Pregnant Patient -- Ch. 24. The Pediatric Patient -- Ch. 25. The Geriatric Patient -- Ch. 26. The Acutely III Patient -- Sect. 4. Putting the Data to Work -- Ch. 27. Diagnostic Reasoning in Physical Diagnosis -- Ch. 28. The Clinical Record -- Ch. 29. Focusing on the Focused History and Physical Examination -- App. A. Commonly Abused Drugs -- App. B. Signs and Symptoms in Deficiency States -- App. C. Conversion Tables -- App. D. The Rational Clinical Examination: Additional References.

ISBN

• 9781416062035
• 1416062033

LCCN

2008029911

OCLC

• ocn233678623
• 233678623
• SCSB-8859240

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries