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

This concise pocket-sized guide presents the classic Bates approach to physical examination and history taking in a quick-reference outline format.

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The book features a beautiful full-color design with over 500 drawings and photographs and an easy-to-follow 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 new drawings and photographs of abnormalities.

A bound-in CD-ROM contains a free PDA download with outlines of examination procedures and techniques..

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Authors: Lynn S Bickley, Peter G Szilagyi

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Date: Dec. 1, 2005

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