Neuroticism, symptom presentation, and medical decision making

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 634-643

  Ellington, Lee ^b   Wiebe, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Medical decision making; Negative affectivity; Neuroticism; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESIDENT; ROLE PLAYING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032759366     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.6.634     Document Type: Article

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