Doctors' responses to patients with medically unexplained symptoms who seek emotional support: criticism or confrontation?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 454-460

  Salmon, Peter ^a   Wissow, Larry ^b   Carroll, Janine ^a   Ring, Adele ^a   Humphris, Gerry M ^c   Davies, John C ^a   Dowrick, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34548658224     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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