Randomized trial of reattribution on psychosocial talk between doctors and patients with medically unexplained symptoms

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-333

  Morriss, R ^a   Gask, L ^b   Dowrick, C ^c   Dunn, G ^b   Peters, S ^b   Ring, A ^c   Davies, J ^c   Salmon, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Primary health care; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 76649095293     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990353     Document Type: Article

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