The emotional dimension and the biological paradigm of illness: Time for a change

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 617-621

  Schattner, Amimd ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0041876278     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg116     Document Type: Editorial

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