Swartz Textbook of Physical Diagnosis

SECTION 1: Mastering the Art of Interviewing
1 The Interviewer’s Questions
2 The Patient’s Responses
3 Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine
4 Putting the History Together

SECTION 2: Valuing Diversity: Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
5 Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Clinical Skills

SECTION 3: Understanding the Science of the Physical Examination
6 The Physical Examination
7 Assessment of Nutritional Status
8 The Skin
9 The Head and Neck
10 The Eye
11 The Ear and Nose
12 The Oral Cavity and Pharynx
13 The Chest
14 The Heart
15 The Peripheral Vascular System
16 The Breast
17 The Abdomen
18 Male Genitalia and Hernias
19 Female Genitalia
20 The Musculoskeletal System
21 The Nervous System
22 Putting the Examination Together

SECTION 4: Evaluating Specific Patients
23 The Pregnant Patient
24 The Pediatric Patient
25 The Geriatric Patient
26 The Transgender Patient
27 The Acutely Ill or Injured Patient

SECTION 5: Putting the Data to Work
28 Precision, Accuracy, and Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment
29 The Clinical Record
30 The Focused History and Physical Examination
31 Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Encounters: Opportunities and Challenges
32 Telehealth: Adapting Clinical Assessment

SECTION 6: Analyzing Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine
33 Clinical Ethics and Professionalism

Epilogue: A Journey Through Physical Diagnosis
Appendix A: Answers to Review Questions
e-Appendix B: Commonly Misused Substances
e-Appendix C: Signs and Symptoms of Deficiency States
e-Appendix D: Conversion Tables
e-Appendix E: English-to-Spanish Translations Useful in the Medical Setting
e-Appendix F: The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis

Index