Why reassurance fails in patients with unexplained symptoms--an experimental investigation of remembered probabilities.
BACKGROUND: Providing reassurance is one of physicians' most frequently used verbal interventions. However, medical reassurance can fail or even have negative effects. This is frequently the case in patients with medically unexplained symptoms. It is hypothesized that these patients are more li...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-08-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1523375?pdf=render |