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“The 11th edition of the pre-eminent textbook on physical examination contains foundational content to guide students’ approaches to history taking, interviewing, and other core assessment concepts, as well as fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline correct performance of physical examination. The comprehensive, evidence-based content is intended for medical students, high-level nursing education and practice markets, as well as related health professions such as physician assistants. New for this edition: More than 200 new and revised photographs and drawings have been added to better illustrate key points in the accompanying text.

Design and layout has been revised to increase discoverability of core material and special assessment tips. Techniques of interviewing chapter has been reorganized to provide clearer insights into the skills of empathic listening. Each chapter has been reviewed and revised to align with new evidence from sources such as Healthy People 2020, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Facts and Figures.

Highlights include: New information on guidelines for assessing obesity and nutrition, and managing acute and chronic pain. Extensive updates on the challenges of screening for cardiovascular disease, special populations at risk, steps for risk factor screening, and how to promote lifestyle and risk factor modification. New evidence-based guidelines on tobacco cessation, adult immunizations for influenza and pneumonia, hypertension screening, and risk-factor screening for dyslipidemia and metabolic syndrome. Updates on risk assessment for breast cancer, the Gail and Claus screening models, and BRCA1 and 2 mutations, as well as recommendations about mammography and clinical and self-breast examination. New screening guidelines for peripheral vascular disease, pap smears, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and risk factors for stroke and new information on sexually transmitted infections.

Stronger focus on health promotion for children and adolescents. Expanded discussions of the functional assessment of older adults and minimizing risk of falls. New information on personality disorders and major mental health issues with significant emphasis on differentiating delirium, dementia, and depression”–Provided by publisher.

Barbara Bates, MD, MA (1928-2003) was an American physician, author and historian. She authored a leading medical textbook on physical examination. Bates was on the faculty at several U.S. medical schools, and she was on both the medical and nursing school faculties at the University of Pennsylvania. She helped to develop the role of the nurse practitioner in American healthcare and she wrote a thorough account on the history of tuberculosis in Pennsylvania. She died in 2003.

Below is the complete table of contents offered inside Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 11th Edition PDF:

Chapter 1 Overview: Physical Examination and History Taking
Chapter 2 Clinical Reasoning, Assessment, and Recording Your Findings
Chapter 3 Interviewing and the Health History

Chapter 4 Beginning the Physical Examination: General Survey, Vital Signs, and Pain
Chapter 5 Behavior and Mental Status
Chapter 6 The Skin, Hair, and Nails
Chapter 7 The Head and Neck
Chapter 8 The Thorax and Lungs
Chapter 9 The Cardiovascular System
Chapter 10 The Breasts and Axillae
Chapter 11 The Abdomen
Chapter 12 The Peripheral Vascular System
Chapter 13 Male Genitalia and Hernias
Chapter 14 Female Genitalia
Chapter 15 The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
Chapter 16 The Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 17 The Nervous System

Chapter 18 Assessing Children: Infancy Through Adolescence
Chapter 19 The Pregnant Woman
Chapter 20 The Older Adult

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