The relationship between somatic expression, psychological distress and GP consultation in two cultural groups

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-402

  Sheikh, Shaheen ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consultation; culture; psychological distress; somatic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869173068     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2012.735860     Document Type: Article

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