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Understanding the explanatory model of the patient on their medically unexplained symptoms and its implication on treatment development research: a Sri Lanka Study

BACKGROUND: Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are often distressed, disabled and dissatisfied with the care they receive. Illness beliefs held by patients have a major influence on the decision to consult, persistence of symptoms and the degree of disability. Illness perception mode...

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Autores principales: Sumathipala, Athula, Siribaddana, Sisira, Hewege, Suwin, Sumathipala, Kethaki, Prince, Martin, Mann, Anthony
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2474860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18611253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-8-54