Suing as an expression of somatization.
We suggest that some litigation may be an expression of somatization in which primarily psychological processes are expressed through legal activity rather than through bodily oriented, functional symptoms.
McGregor
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
Duncan
L S
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