Objective Despite their prevalence and impact on patients and the health care system, non-
specific, functional, and somatoform disorders are underdiagnosed. This problem is …

The Patient-Centered Clinical Method (PCCM) has been a core tenet of the practice and
teaching of medicine since the first edition of Patient-Centered Medicine-Transforming the …

Objective. Uncertainty often surrounds judgments of pain, especially when pain is chronic. In
order to simplify their decisions, providers adduce information from a variety of sources …

With his “deeply informed and compassionate book… Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a 'moral
imperative'[for doctors] to do right by their patients”(New York Journal of Books). The first …

We examine the conditions for trust relationships between patients and physicians. A trust
relationship is not normally negotiated explicitly, but we wanted to discuss it with both …

BACKGROUND Previous work suggests that exploration and validation of patients' concerns
is associated with greater patient trust, lower health care costs, improved counseling, and …

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are among the most common and frustrating in
primary care. Our goal was to review published evidence to guide busy general practitioners …

OBJECTIVE: To identify the basis of the communication problems that characterise
consultations about medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and to identify implications for …

Objective: Assess patient-physician agreement on management goals for chronic
musculoskeletal pain and its associations with patient and physician visit experiences …

People living with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) often have poor quality of life
and health outcomes. Many struggle to engage with and trust in healthcare systems. This …