Teaching medical students about medically unexplained illnesses: A preliminary study

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 618-621

  Friedberg, Fred ^a   Sohl, Stephanie ^a   Halperin, Peter ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING; WORK DISABILITY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 48749107675     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590801946970     Document Type: Article

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