Reasons for encounter and symptom diagnoses: A superior description of patients' problems in contrast to medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-282

  Soler, Jean Karl ^a,b   Okkes, Inge ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Mediterranean Institute of Primary Care   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic process; Family medicine; ICPC; International Classification of Primary Care; Medically unexplained symptoms; MUS; Primary care; Primary health care; Reason for encounter; Reasons for encounter; Symptom diagnosis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

DIAGNOSIS; EPISODE OF CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84861778654     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr101     Document Type: Article

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