Physical Examination Electronic Resources
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Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by ISBN: 9781469893419Publication Date: 2016-09-09 -
Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination 5th ed.Publication Date: 2013
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DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination by Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. For more than forty years, the single-best guide for learning how to become a master clinical diagnostician A Doody's Core Title for 2019! Much more than a text describing how to perform a history and physical examination, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination is unmatched in its ability to help you logically assess symptoms and physical signs to facilitate development of reasonable, testable diagnostic hypotheses. Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis guide, DeGowin's: Describes how to obtain a complete history and perform a thorough physical examination Links symptoms and signs with the pathophysiology of disease Presents a symptom, sign, anatomy, and physiology-based approach to differential diagnosis Facilitates efficient cost-effective diagnostic testing using focused differential diagnoses Organized as a practical bedside guide to assist diagnosis, DeGowin's is valuable as a quick reference at the point-of-care or as a text to study the principles and practice of history taking and physical examination.ISBN: 9780071814478Publication Date: 2014-09-05 -
Pediatric Diagnostic Examination 1st edPublication Date: 2008
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Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination, 9th ed.ISBN: 9780323545389
Physical Examination Books
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Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking by ISBN: 9781469893419Publication Date: 2016-09-09
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Mosby's Guide to Physical ExaminationCall Number: Norris Medical Library, Reserve or Upper Level, WB 205 B187s 2011 -
Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination, 9th ed.ISBN: 9780323545389
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Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy 5th edeBook with detailed pictures and descriptions of body parts and organ systems. -
Netter's Clinical Anatomy, 3rd edPublication Date: 2014
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Primal PicturesA dynamic interactive multimedia overview of human anatomy featuring three-dimensional animations. May be used with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Safari.
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