The 'demanding patient' : fact or fallacy? : investigating patient influence on somatically oriented treatment decisions for medically unexplained symptoms in general practice
BACKGROUND: Patients who present physical symptoms in the absence of physical pathology are common in primary care. They are often considered by doctors to be amongst the most difficult patients to manage and their overinvestigation and treatment has been well documented. Whilst the finger is often...
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University of Liverpool
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439612 |