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by: Mark H. Swartz  List Price: $91.95 Amazon.com's Price: $63.72 You Save: $28.23 (31%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.0754 EAN: 9781416003076 Edition: 5 ISBN: 141600307X Label: Saunders Manufacturer: Saunders Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 944 Publication Date: October 14, 2005 Publisher: Saunders Studio: Saunders Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Good book for backroundGreat 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. Rating: - Excellent CDThe 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. Rating: - Informative, but SEXISTThe 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 ... Read More Rating:  - Better than Bates!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 ... Read More Rating: - Good thorough book on the art of physical diagnosisBest 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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