Patients' perceptions of medical explanations for somatisation disorders: Qualitative analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7180, 1999, Pages 372-376

  Salmon, Peter ^a   Peters, Sarah ^a   Stanley, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033528277     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7180.372     Document Type: Article

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