The social negotiation of illness: Doctors’ role as clinical or political in diagnosing patients with medically unexplained symptoms

The present article examines how doctors explain patients’ symptoms that are medically unexplained (MUS). Present analysis departs in a qualitative study that was conducted in Denmark in 2008–2009 and involved eight small group interviews and three individual interviews with 21 doctors. The followin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social theory & health 2015-02, Vol.13 (1), p.30-45
1. Verfasser:	Mik-Meyer, Nanna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Illnesses Medical Sociology Original Article Pain Patients Physicians Qualitative research Social conditions Social Sciences Social Theory Sociology Studies
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