ISSN:
1573-3424
Keywords:
primary care physician
;
primary clinical care
;
somatizers
;
stress
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Psychology
Notes:
Abstract Patients with chronic stress and ambiguous symptoms are likely to be more frequent in primary care. “Somatizers” represent 75.8% of the patients in this study and executives 56% of the sample. Job stressors were present in 78.3% of executive men. This scenario suggests that the primary care physician has to be academically better prepared to fully understand and deal with stress problems in daily clinical practice. The physician must have skills to deal with stress at a curative and preventive level, extending those skills to the workplace.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01857687
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