Physical "phantasies" and family functions: Overcoming the mind/body dualism in somatization

Family Process

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-385

  Redekop, Fred ^a   Stuart, Scott ^b   Mertens, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SENSATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SENSATION; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033185782     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1999.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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