Clinical relevance of the sick role and secondary gain in the treatment of disability syndromes

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-134

  Kwan, Oliver ^a   Friel, Jon ^a,b  

^a Edmonton   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISABILITY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALINGERING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036693188     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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