Management of the difficult patient

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2063-2068

  Haas, Leonard J ^a,b   Leiser, Jennifer P ^c,d   Magill, Michael K ^a,c   Sanyer, Osman N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Family and Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Sugarhouse Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 27844552872     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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