Explaining medically unexplained symptoms
Patients with medically unexplained symptoms comprise from 15% to 30% of all primary
care consultations. Physicians often assume that psychological factors account for these …
care consultations. Physicians often assume that psychological factors account for these …
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Skeletal muscle exhibits great plasticity in response to altered activity levels, ultimately
resulting in tissue remodelling and substantial changes in mass. Animal research would …
resulting in tissue remodelling and substantial changes in mass. Animal research would …
It is hard work behaving as a credible patient: encounters between women with chronic pain and their doctors
In various studies during the last decade, women with medically unexplained disorders have
reported negative experiences during medical encounters. Accounts of being met with …
reported negative experiences during medical encounters. Accounts of being met with …
A rational model for assessing and evaluating complex interventions in health care
Background Understanding how new clinical techniques, technologies and other complex
interventions become normalized in practice is important to researchers, clinicians, health …
interventions become normalized in practice is important to researchers, clinicians, health …
The challenge of diagnosing non-specific, functional, and somatoform disorders: a systematic review of barriers to diagnosis in primary care
Objective Despite their prevalence and impact on patients and the health care system, non-
specific, functional, and somatoform disorders are underdiagnosed. This problem is …
specific, functional, and somatoform disorders are underdiagnosed. This problem is …
“Medically unexplained” symptoms and symptom disorders in primary care: prognosis-based recognition and classification
Background Many patients consult their GP because they experience bodily symptoms. In a
substantial proportion of cases, the clinical picture does not meet the existing diagnostic …
substantial proportion of cases, the clinical picture does not meet the existing diagnostic …
The somatising effect of clinical consultation: what patients and doctors say and do not say when patients present medically unexplained physical symptoms
Patients with symptoms that doctors cannot explain by physical disease are common in
primary care. That they receive disproportionate amounts of physical intervention, which is …
primary care. That they receive disproportionate amounts of physical intervention, which is …
Persistent presentation of medically unexplained symptoms in general practice
PFM Verhaak, SA Meijer, AP Visser, G Wolters - Family practice, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. To estimate the prevalence of persistent presentation of medically unexplained
physical symptoms (MUPS) in general practice. To assess socio-demographic …
physical symptoms (MUPS) in general practice. To assess socio-demographic …
Patient empowerment and control: a psychological discourse in the service of medicine
P Salmon, GM Hall - Social science & medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
The discourse of the patient as an active agent in managing illness and health care has
become very important in medicine. It is seen in the significance attached to patient …
become very important in medicine. It is seen in the significance attached to patient …
Voiced but unheard agendas: qualitative analysis of the psychosocial cues that patients with unexplained symptoms present to general practitioners.
BACKGROUND: Symptomatic investigation and treatment of unexplained physical
symptoms is often attributed to patients' beliefs and demands for physical treatments. AIM …
symptoms is often attributed to patients' beliefs and demands for physical treatments. AIM …