title: [The difficult patient--a medical viewpoint].
abstract: The management of patients suffering from chronic incurable organic disease combined with a strong element of psychiatric disorder requires patience. Sometimes the involved physicians reach their limits and are pushed to the brink of resignation.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Innere Medizin, Akut-Geriatrie Remobilisation, Bezirkskrankenhaus Lienz, Lienz, Austria. s.steinhauser@onet.at
authors.forename: Susanna-Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Steinhauser
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000941:ethics; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012803:Sick Role; D012947:Social Work / Q000941:ethics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology