Introducing a psychological agenda for understanding somatic symptoms--an area of conflict for clinicians in relation to patients in a multicultural community.

Culturally capable care requires that clinicians possess insights into patients' reasoning about illness. It is universally common for emotional distress to be expressed in terms of somatic symptoms. Converting meanings of illness from a somatic to a psychological agenda for understanding distress m...

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Publicado en:Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 386 - 406
Autores principales: Bäärnhielm S, Ekblad S, Bäärnhielm, Sofie, Ekblad, Solvig
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2008
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