Worries are the mother of many diseases: General practitioners and refugees in the Netherlands on stress, being ill and prejudice

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-380

  Feldmann, C Titia ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^b   de Ruijter, Arie ^c  

^a NIVEL ^*  (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Medical error; Medically unexplained physical symptoms; Prejudice; Refugees; Stereotyping; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; TRUST;

EID: 33846922499     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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