Quality of doctor-patient relationship in patients with high somatic symptom severity in China

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-31

  Wu, Heng ^a   Zhao, Xudong ^a   Fritzsche, Kurt ^b   Leonhart, Rainer ^c   Schaefert, Rainer ^d   Sun, Xiayuan ^e   Larisch, Astrid ^f  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Somatic symptom severity; Somatoform disorders; Traditional chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SYMPTOM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84921823111     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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