TY - BOOK AU - TI - Physical examination & health assessment. SN - 9781416032434 AV - RC76.J38 PY - 2008/// CY - St Louis, Missouri PB - Elsevier/Saunders, KW - Physical diagnosis. KW - Evidence-based medicine N1 - Includes index; Contents: Assessment of the whole person: Critical thinking in health assessment -- Developmental tasks and health promotion across the life cycle -- Cultural competence: cultural care -- The interview -- The complete health history -- Mental status assessment -- Domestic violence assessment -- Approach to the clinical setting: Assessment techniques and the clinical setting -- General survey, measurement, vital signs -- Pain assessment: the fifth vital sign -- Nutritional assessment -- Physical examination: Skin, hair and nails -- Head, face and neck, including regional lymphatics, -- Eyes -- Ears -- Nose, mouth and throat -- Breasts and regional lymphatics -- Thorax and lungs -- Heart and neck vessels -- Peripheral vascular system and lymphatic system -- Abdomen -- Musculoskeletal system -- Neurologic system -- Male genitourinary system -- Anus, rectum and prostate -- Female genitourinary system -- Integration of the health system: The complete health assessment: putting it all together, -- Reassessment of the hospitalized adult -- The pregnant female -- Functional assessment of the older adult -- ER -