Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care 7th Edition by Joyce E. Dains, 9780323832069

To progress in health evaluation, hone your diagnostic and clinical reasoning abilities! The basic physical examination is expanded upon in Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 7th Edition, to teach you how to recognize common disorders. The book follows a methodical approach, arranging itself according to patient symptoms or complaints. It begins with a primary concern rather than a particular diagnosis or disease entity, and then it walks you through the diagnostic reasoning process step-by-step until you arrive at a clinical diagnosis. Updated data on color, ethnicity, and gender identity are included in this edition, along with new chapters on the health of veterans and contemporary methods in primary care settings. authored by a team of highly skilled professionals under the direction of Joyce E. Dains.