The somatising effect of clinical consultation: What patients and doctors say and do not say when patients present medically unexplained physical symptoms

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1505-1515

  Ring, Adele ^a   Dowrick, Christopher F ^a   Humphris, Gerry M ^b   Davies, John ^a   Salmon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary care; Somatisation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 22244450330     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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