TY - JOUR
T1 - Family physicians' and internists' consideration of psychosocial hypotheses during the diagnostic process.
AU - Simpson, D. E.
AU - Gjerdingen, D. K.
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - This study compared the psychosocial hypotheses generated by 12 internists and 12 family physicians as they reviewed three patient presentations with diagnoses of congestive heart failure, common duct stone, and sick sinus syndrome. Family physicians, compared to internists, produced a significantly higher proportion of psychosocial hypotheses on two of the three cases. Diagnoses considered more frequently by family physicians included anxiety, anxiety-depression, psychogenic pain, alcoholism, and other alcohol-related diseases. These results are consistent with the findings of previous studies reporting that family physicians attend to psychosocial problems to a greater degree than do internists.
AB - This study compared the psychosocial hypotheses generated by 12 internists and 12 family physicians as they reviewed three patient presentations with diagnoses of congestive heart failure, common duct stone, and sick sinus syndrome. Family physicians, compared to internists, produced a significantly higher proportion of psychosocial hypotheses on two of the three cases. Diagnoses considered more frequently by family physicians included anxiety, anxiety-depression, psychogenic pain, alcoholism, and other alcohol-related diseases. These results are consistent with the findings of previous studies reporting that family physicians attend to psychosocial problems to a greater degree than do internists.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2741726
AN - SCOPUS:0024634398
SN - 0270-2304
VL - 8
SP - 55
EP - 61
JO - The Family practice research journal
JF - The Family practice research journal
IS - 2
ER -
