Ethical dilemmas of medically unexplained symptoms.
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are common across health settings. These are defined as "physical symptoms that prompt sufferer to seek healthcare but remain unexplained after an appropriate medical evaluation". Expectedly, MUS are often associated with significant health-seeking behaviours that add to the burden on health resources.
Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore560 029, Karnataka, India,. desaigeetha@gmail.com.
Geetha
G
Desai
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangaore 560 029, Karnataka, India,. skchatur@gmail.com.
Santosh K
SK
Chaturvedi
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D000071896:Medically Unexplained Symptoms; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care