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Textbook of Physical Diagnosis: History and Examination With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Textbook of Physical Diagnosis (Swartz)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark H. Swartz
Publisher: Saunders
Category: Book
List Price: $91.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 4526
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 944
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 141600307X
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0754
EAN: 9781416003076
ASIN: 141600307X
Publication Date: October 14, 2005
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Product Description
For more than a decade, Textbook of Physical Diagnosis has detailed how to derive the maximum diagnostic information from interviewing and examining patients. Now the text that has been labeled "the Gray's Anatomy of physical diagnosis" returns in a New Edition that continues to emphasize a "patient first" philosophy. The New Edition features a more colorful, user-friendly format a DVD-ROM with video clips of actual examination techniques and access to the entire text online, links to bonus online content, and more. And, at no extra charge, purchasers also receive online access to the complete contents of the text via Elsevier's innovative studentconsult.com website.
- Offers pathophysiology discussions explaining the conditions underlying various physical exam findings.
- Includes over 900 illustrations, capturing the appearance of a full range of diseases.
- Greatly expanded the complementary and alternative medicine section to an entire chapter.
- Incorporates additional color artwork and photography for a more user-friendly format.
- Discusses hot topics such as ethics in medicine.
- Includes a DVD-ROM with approximately two hours of video clips depicting actual examination techniques, including modifications for pediatric and geriatric patients, delivering bad news, and other topics.
- Includes a new chapter on Complimentary & Alternative Medicine
- Now includes STUDENT CONSULT access!
www.studentconsult.com is an innovative website that allows you to build a personalized, fully integrated, online library, where you'll find...
- The entire contents of every STUDENT CONSULT title you purchase.
- Powerful search capabilities- View all excerpts relevant to keyword or subject searches (up to 300 words per hit) from every book in the series.
- Image library
- POCKETCONSULT - Download portions of your personal library onto your handheld.
- Student resources- Sharpen your skills, stay informed, and have fun!
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 Good book for backround February 13, 2008
Great descriptions of techniques and some pathology. However, for a physical diagnosis book I would have expected more pictures of pathology. Many are included, I just would have liked more.
Excellent CD January 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The CD that comes with this book is very handy while learning exams. I have not really used the book however because Bates seems to be the standard that most schools are using.
Informative, but SEXIST March 1, 2006
7 out of 36 found this review helpful
The authors do not hesitate to tell the reader that two of the four women that were photographed for the section on breast cancer (half) were in complete denial of their condition. They remark that both women presented to the clinic with horrific and obvious cancers that they supposedly only noticed the "day before." While denial is an important aspect of breast cancer (and many other conditions), the authors limit the discussion of denial to women only. When I read the male genatalia chapter and saw the horrific lessions pictured, there was no mention that any of the men had "just noticed" that angry chancre or those boiling warts. I would think there must be some psychological issue such as denial at work in the fellows that were photographed as well since thier conditions were also so advanced. However, the authors do not mention it. Funny, huh? It's a good book anyway, but the authors need to check themselves. (...)
 Better than Bates! July 4, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Im disappointed that I did not have this book sooner in my student career. For the last 2 years we have been using Bates and quite frankly Bates is okay for the most part but it leaves out details as to why the test is done.
The pictures are better in Swartz. There are sections on differential diags and pathophysiology with each test. This is an amazing textbook.
I found out about this text from a visiting professor from the UK. For some reason all the visiting profs we have had from the UK have a certain skill which seems to be a lot better than what we are taught here in the US. They have an EXCELLENT grip on their H&P and treat medicine like an art. I asked which book they were using over there and they said Swartz and the other one by Epstein (also gold).
If you feel the Bates is insufficient check this book out.
Good thorough book on the art of physical diagnosis July 7, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Best book I've read about physical diagnosis. Even though the book is long, it is actually a quick read, including numerous useful tables and graphes. What sets this book apart from the rest lies in the explanation of underlying pathophysiology of various signs and findings thus making them easy to remember. The CD ROM is also useful and quick if one simply want to learn the basics of physical diagnosis. This book is a good reference because it's so comprehensive compared to others.
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