Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? A qualitative study

AUTOR(ES)

Ring, Adele

FONTE

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESUMO

Objectives To identify the ways in which patients with medically unexplained symptoms present their problems and needs to general practitioners and to identify the forms of presentation that might lead general practitioners to feel pressurised to deliver somatic interventions.

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