Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care 7th Edition

About This Book

Publisher: Elsevier
Condition: New
Author: by by Joyce E. Dains DrPH JD
Format: Paperback


Take your health assessment skills to the next level by mastering diagnostic and clinical reasoning with Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 7th Edition. This comprehensive guide goes beyond basic physical examinations to help you accurately evaluate common conditions. The book, which is organized by symptoms or complaints of patients and takes a methodical approach rather than focusing on a specific disease or diagnosis, walks you through the diagnostic reasoning process to arrive at a clinical diagnosis step by step.

The seventh edition includes new chapters on veterans’ health and contemporary approaches in primary care settings, as well as updated content on important issues such as race, ethnicity, and gender identity. Written by a group of experienced professionals, Joyce E. Dains, this AJN award-winning text equips you to think like an expert clinician.