This fully updated textbook provides readers with the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct successful physical examinations of adult patients, highlighting the evidence that underpins examination techniques.

This new edition provides a practical, evidence-based guide to the knowledge and skills required for the physical examination of adult patients.  It is an essential reference tool for student practitioners working at an advanced level in all healthcare professions, as well as the ideal revision aid for clinical exams. However, it focuses more on the theoretical aspects rather than the practical "how-to" of clinical examination techniques. This text is useful to provide an aide-memoire to qualified practitioners in their everyday clinical practice. In each chapter there are reflections on practice and case study quiz.

This book is designed for advanced healthcare practitioners, including advanced nursing practitioners. It can be used as a useful reference in class or as an aide-mémoire for use in practice or revision for exams.