Frustrating patients - Physician and patient perspectives among distressed high users of medical services

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 241-246

  Lin, Elizabeth H B ^a   Katon, Wayne ^a   Von Korff, Michael ^a   Bush, Terry ^a   Lipscomb, Patricia ^a   Russo, Joan ^a   Wagner, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

frustrating patients; medical services utilization; somatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025903529     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02598969     Document Type: Article

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