Psychiatric Dimensions of Medical Practice: What Primary Care Physicians Should Know About Delirium, Demoralization, Suicide Thinking, and Competence to Refuse Medical Advice
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Demoralization in medical practice.
The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their twice-weekly rounds, Drs. Stern and Maytal, as well as other medical staff and members of the Consultation Service, discuss the diagnosis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.12.4.352a