What do guidelines and systematic reviews tell us about the management of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care?

Tim C olde Hartman; Marianne Rosendal; Aase Aamland; Henriette E van der Horst; Judith GM Rosmalen; Chris D Burton; Peter LBJ Lucassen

doi:10.3399/bjgpopen17X101061

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What do guidelines and systematic reviews tell us about the management of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care?

Tim C olde Hartman, Marianne Rosendal, Aase Aamland, Henriette E van der Horst, Judith GM Rosmalen, Chris D Burton and Peter LBJ Lucassen

BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101061. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101061

Tim C olde Hartman

1 GP, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, , The Netherlands

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For correspondence: tim.oldeHartman@radboudumc.nl

Marianne Rosendal

2 GP, Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, , Denmark

3 GP, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, , Norway

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Aase Aamland

4 GP, Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, , Norway

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Henriette E van der Horst

5 GP, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, , Netherlands

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Judith GM Rosmalen

6 Professor of Psychosomatic Research, Department of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, , Netherlands

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Chris D Burton

7 GP, Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, , UK

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Peter LBJ Lucassen

8 GP, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nimegen Medical Centre, , The Netherlands

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