Stress dysfunctions as a unifying paradigm for illness: Repairing relationships instead of individuals as a new gateway for medicine

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 697-704

  Yun, Anthony J ^a   Doux, John D ^a  

^a Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BIOLOGY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICINE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TECHNOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845957949     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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