• DOI:10.1053/j.gastro.2005.09.071
Corpus ID: 8876455

Gender, age, society, culture, and the patient's perspective in the functional gastrointestinal disorders.

@article{Chang2006GenderAS,
  title={Gender, age, society, culture, and the patient's perspective in the functional gastrointestinal disorders.},
  author={Lin Chang and Brenda B. Toner and Shin Fukudo and Elspeth Guthrie and Giles Richard Locke and Nancy J. Norton and Ami D. Sperber},
  journal={Gastroenterology},
  year={2006},
  volume={130 5},
  pages={
          1435-46
        }
}

Lin Chang, Brenda B. Toner, +4 authors Ami D. Sperber

Published in Gastroenterology 2006

Medicine

Patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) often experience emotional distress, a perceived lack of validation, and an unsatisfactory experience with health care providers. A health care provider can provide the patient with a framework in which to understand and legitimize their symptoms, remove self-doubt or blame, and identify factors that contribute to symptoms that the patient can influence or control. This framework can be strengthened with the consideration of various… CONTINUE READING

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