Amazon.com description: Product Description: This pocket-sized book is a step-by-step, illustrated guide to health assessment that teaches students to distinguish normal from abnormal findings through careful history taking and physical examination. Chapters are arranged by body system and begin with a brief but concise summary of the body system's anatomy. The new second edition features Focused Rapid Assessment boxes with common presenting symptoms for eight common complaints: headache, fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, change in mental status, abdominal pain, back pain, and dizziness; cultural and lifespan considerations; and updated content throughout to provide clinical currency.