Diagnostic and treatment barriers to persistent somatic symptoms in primary care – representative survey with physicians

Abstract Background Many patients consult their primary care physician with persistent somatic symptoms such as pain or sickness. Quite often these consultations and further diagnostic measures yield no medical explanation for the symptoms – patients and physicians are left in uncertainty. In fact,...

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Main Authors: Marco Lehmann, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Thomas Zimmermann, Martin Scherer, Bernd Löwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01397-w

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