Teaching junior doctors to manage patients who somatise: Is it possible in an afternoon?

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 995-1001

  Walters, Paul ^a   Tylee, André ^a   Fisher, James ^a   Goldberg, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Education, medical, graduate *methods; Evaluation studies publication type ; Female; Humans; Male; Medical staff, hospital *education; Middle aged; Multicentre study publication type ; Teaching*methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; SOMATIZATION; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TEACHING;

EID: 34848839593     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02833.x     Document Type: Article

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