Consultation letters for medically unexplained physical symptoms

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hoedeman, Rob ^a   Blankenstein, N A H ^b   Van Der Feltz Cornelis, C M ^b   Krol, B ^b   Groothoff, J J W ^b  

^a ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 36448990407     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006524     Document Type: Review

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