In their own words: Qualitative study of high-utilising primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dwamena, Francesca C ^a   Lyles, Judith S ^b   Frankel, Richard M ^c   Smith, Robert C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYMPTOM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 71049124919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-67     Document Type: Article

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