## Abstract ## Background Somatization is a phenomenon found across all medical specialities and in all types of care. There has been little in the way of systematic investigation of the phenomenon in older people. ## Objectives The objective was to establish whether treatment for psychiatric il
An audit of service utilization by graduates attending an old age psychiatry service
β Scribed by Brian A. Lawlor; Michelle Clifford; Ferhana Motala; Brendan Cassidy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.1613
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