The association between patients' expectations and experiences of task‐, affect‐ and therapy‐oriented communication and their anxiety in medically unexplained symptoms consultations

• Main Authors: Juul Houwen (Author), Bas J. E. Moorthaemer (Author), Peter L. B. J. Lucassen (Author), Reinier P. Akkermans (Author), Willem J. J. Assendelft (Author), Tim C. olde Hartman (Author), Sandra vanDulmen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It is unknown whether patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) differ from patients with medically explained symptoms (MES) regarding their expectations and experiences on task‐oriented communication (ie, communication in which the primary focus is on exchanging medical...