Enhanced care by generalists for functional somatic symptoms and disorders in primary care

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Rosendal, Marianne ^a   Burton, Chris ^b   Blankenstein, A H ^c   Fink, Per ^d   Kroenke, Kurt ^e   Sharpe, Michael ^f   Frydenberg, Morten ^a   Morriss, Richard ^g  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b General Practice Section   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENHANCED CARE; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYMPTOM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950127847     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008142     Document Type: Review

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