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The Worried Sick

Name: The Worried Sick
Creator: John F. Burnum
Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Sick Role, Humans, Fear, Attitude to Health, Hypochondriasis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Apr 1978Publisher:American College of PhysiciansJournal:Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 88, pages 572-572 (issn: 0003-4819, eissn: 1539-3704,

Authors: John F. Burnum;

doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-88-4-572_1

pmid: 637441

The Worried Sick

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Excerpt The term "the worried well" (1) has long troubled me. On the contrary, in my experience patients may worry themselves sick; and worry, fear, and dread all spell unfitness or sickness, not w...

Keywords

Sick Role, Humans, Fear, Attitude to Health, Hypochondriasis

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Fields of Science

medical and health sciences

clinical medicine

Fields of Science

medical and health sciences

clinical medicine

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