Concerns and expectations in patients presenting with physical complaints: Frequency, physician perceptions and actions, and 2-week outcome

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1482-1488

  Marple, Richard L ^a,c   Kroenke, Kurt ^a   Lucey, Catherine R ^b   Wilder, Jay ^b   Lucas, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030811945     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.13.1482     Document Type: Article

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