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Q J Med 2003; 96: 955-956
© Association of Physicians 2003; all rights reserved.

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Minding the body

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‘You want me to see a physician?’ The patient was clearly aghast. ‘A physician?’

Dr Barton sighed inwardly. He wondered, yet again, why the patients he saw in his psychiatric out-patient clinic so often found this suggestion unacceptable. The stigma attached to physical illness was still very great, in spite of all that the medical profession and the media had done to educate the public. Almost daily, he saw patients like this. They were only too happy to confess their deep-seated feelings of insecurity, or their unmanageable sexual desires. But they would . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John Launer


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