Managing somatization: Medically unexplained should not mean medically ignored

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 797-799

  Jackson, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Kroenke, Kurt ^c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745652706     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00514.x     Document Type: Editorial

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