Chronic fatigue syndrome defies the mind-body-schism of medicine

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-292

  Ulvestad, Elling ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biology; Chronic disease; Development; Fatigue; Integrative hypothesis; Phenomenology; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SICK ROLE;

EID: 50249176406     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9126-2     Document Type: Article

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