For courses in physical assessment/examination in all health care programs, including nursing, medicine, physicians assistants, physical therapy, and pharmacy.

Patient-Focused Assessment: The Art and Science of Clinical Data Gathering, is an interdisciplinary text that will appeal to students and providers in all health care professions. Since patient assessment is critical to all providers of patient care, the text focuses on the patient, rather than a specific health care discipline. Patient assessment is divided into 4 levels based on the provider's competency, the quantity of content (discipline-specific knowledge), the complexity of the assessment techniques and procedures, and the condition of the patient. The text focuses on adult patients but also addresses pediatric, geriatric, pregnant, and hospitalised patients. An excellent resource for students in health care, the text is also an invaluable reference for practicing health care providers.