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How general practitioners understand and handle medically unexplained symptoms: a focus group study

BACKGROUND: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are a common yet challenging encounter in primary care. The aim of this study was to explore how general practitioners (GPs) understand and handle MUS. METHODS: Three focus group interviews were conducted with a total of 23 GPs. Participants with vari...

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Autores principales:	Rasmussen, Erik Børve, Rø, Karin Isaksson
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0745-2

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