Somatisation: Illness perspectives of asylum seeker and refugee patients from the former country of Yugoslavia

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Perron, Noelle Junod ^a   Hudelson, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REFUGEE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33745022871     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-10     Document Type: Article

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