Challenges in the management of patients with medically unexplained symptoms in poland: A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-234

  Czachowski, Slawomir ^a   Piszczek, Elwira ^b   Sowińska, Agnieszka ^b   Olde Hartman, Tim C ^c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Primary care; Psychosomatics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; PATIENT CARE; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84859249985     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr065     Document Type: Article

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