General practitioners' responses to the initial presentation of medically unexplained symptoms: a quantitative analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Physicians in primary and secondary care are frequently confronted with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). In order to solve their patients' problems and out of a fear of overlooking a serious disease, many phys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: van Dulmen Sandra, Kappen Teus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Online Access:http://www.bpsmedicine.com/content/2/1/22