A primary care Symptoms Clinic for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: Pilot randomised trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Burton, Christopher ^a   Weller, David ^a   Marsden, Wendy ^a   Worth, Allison ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84857806195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000513     Document Type: Article

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