Medically unexplained symptoms: The person, the symptoms and the dialogue

Family Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 245-251

  Houwen, Juul ^a   Lucassen, Peter L B J ^a   Stappers, Hugo W ^a   Assendelft, Pim J J ^a   van Dulmen, Sandra ^a,b,c   olde Hartman, Tim C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultation; General practice; Medically unexplained symptoms

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; VIDEORECORDING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85018941412     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmw132     Document Type: Article

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