A significant proportion of symptoms are medically unexplained. People experience illness
but no pathological basis for the symptoms can be discerned by the medical profession …

Persistent medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)–including the many syndromes that fall
under this umbrella–involve a discrepancy between professional knowledge and lay …

This paper reports on a qualitative study, which explores the narratives of patients, who live
with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and who have not secured a diagnostic label …

This paper explores the narratives told by neurology outpatients in the UK who have
endured profound illness symptoms and yet have no clinical diagnosis. The narratives …

Background: The term 'Medically Unexplained Symptoms'(MUS) is used by health
professionals and researchers to refer to persistent bodily complaints, including pain and …

Medically unexplained symptoms are a source of frustration for clinician and patient alike.
They simultaneously test the credibility of the doctor and the patient; the former, for his or her …

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Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for medically
unexplained symptoms across a variety of specialities. Methods: A cross-sectional survey …

Objective: To explore the ways that persons with long standing chronic low back pain
respond to the problem of medical doubt about the presence of organic pathology. Method …

The proposal in this article is that the time is ripe for a distinct sociology of disability to come
into being as a new sub-discipline within mainstream sociology. This sociology of disability …