Functional illness in primary care: Dysfunction versus disease

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Williams, Nefyn ^a   Wilkinson, Clare ^a   Stott, Nigel ^a   Menkes, David B ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 44349116090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-30     Document Type: Review

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