Physician recognition of hypochondriacal patients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-112

  Gerdes, Terri T ^a   Noyes Jr , Russell ^a,b   Kathol, Roger G ^a   Phillips, Brenda M ^a   Fisher, Mary M ^a   Morcuende, Maria Angeles ^a   Yagla, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Psychiatry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0029996047     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-8343(95)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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