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The impact of familiarity on doctor-patient interaction during primary care consultations pertaining to medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)

2011-01-01

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It is common in all areas of medicine for patients to present with symptoms which cannot be adequately explained by the Western biomedical criteria of recognisable organic pathology. In this situation the social and clinical predicament of the patient is characterised by uncertainty and can lead to unnecessary emotional, social and legal difficulties. Since primary care is the forefront of diagnosis and management...

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Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

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DOI: 10.17638/03062840

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