Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding health assessment -- Interviewing the patient for a health history -- Taking a health history -- Assessing nutrition and anthropometric measurements -- Assessment techniques -- General survey and assessing vital signs -- Assessing pain -- Assessing skin, hair, and nails -- Assessing the head, face, mouth, and neck -- Assessing the ears -- Assessing the eyes -- Assessing the respiratory system -- Assessing the cardiovascular system -- Assessing the abdomen -- Assessing the peripheral vascular system and regional lymphatic system -- Assessing the musculoskeletal system / Karen L. Gorton and Janice Thompson -- Assessing the neurological system / Kim Foisy and Janice Thompson -- Assessing the female breasts, axillae and reproductive system / Janice Thompson and Meredith Scannell -- Assessing the male breasts and reproductive system -- Assessing the anus and rectum -- Assessing the newborn / Janice Thompson and Jane Brophy -- Assessing the child and adolescent / Cory Ann Boyd and Janice Thompson -- Assessing the pregnant woman / Leslie White -- Assessing the older adult.