The Ambulatory Problem Patient: A Unique Teaching Resource

OTTO VON MERING and L. WILLIAM EARLEYAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.1.108

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Investigation of the effect of "problem patients" on medical school personnel showed the patients' conduct and values were at variance with normative medical and nursing expectations. Through statistical analysis the authors identified the principal characteristics of these patients that make for difficulties in treating them. The implications of these findings for teaching are discussed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 1 • July 1969

Pages: 108 - 112

PubMed: 5798372

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Published in print: July 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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OTTO VON MERING

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L. WILLIAM EARLEY

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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213, professor of anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213

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