Evaluation of general practitioners' training: How to manage patients with unexplained physical symptoms

Psychosomatics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 304-311

  Rief, Winfried ^a   Martin, Alexandra ^a   Rauh, Elisabeth ^a   Zech, Thomas ^a   Bender, Andrea ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOMATIZATION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33747095167     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.47.4.304     Document Type: Article

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