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Institution: CLOCKSS  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 4 No. 3, March 1995   Archives  •  Online Features Brief Report  This Article  • Abstract  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal The 'Maternal Grimace' Sign A Clue to the Importance of the Contextual Diagnosis Christopher C. Butler, MRCGP Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(3):273-275. References Article references have been provided for searching and linking. Additional reference information may be available in the article PDF. 1. Barsky AJ. Hidden reasons some patients visit doctors. Ann Intern Med. 1981;94:482-498. PUBMED 2. McWhinney IR. Beyond diagnosis: an approach to the integration of behavioral science and clinical medicine. N Engl J Med. 1972;287:384-387. PUBMED 3. Williams PR. Family Problems. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1989. Oxford General Practice Series No. 17. 4. Howie JGR, Bigg AR. Family trends in psychotropic and antibiotic prescribing in general practice. BMJ. 1980;280:836-838. FREE FULL TEXT 5. Balint M. The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone Inc; 1986. 6. Minuchin S, Rosman BL, Baker L. Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press; 1978. 7. Taylor DC. Outlandish factitious illness. In: David TJ. Recent Advances in Paediatrics, Number Ten. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone Inc; 1992:63-76. 8. Fehrsen GS, Henbest RJ. In search of excellence: expanding the patientcentred clinical method: a three stage assessment. Fam Pract. 1993;10:49-54. FREE FULL TEXT 9. Quill TE. Partnerships in patient care: a contractual approach. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:228-234. FREE FULL TEXT 10. Miller WL. Routine, ceremony, or drama: an exploratory study of the primary care clinical encounter. J Fam Pract. 1992;34:289-296. PUBMED 11. Poole SR. The 'over-anxious' parent. Clin Pediatr. 1980;19:557-562. FREE FULL TEXT 12. Bass LW, Cohen RL. Ostensible versus actual reasons for seeking pediatric attention: another look at the parental ticket of admission. Pediatrics. 1982;70:870-874. FREE FULL TEXT 13. Asher R. Quoted by: Browne K, Freeling P. The Doctor-Patient Relationship. Edinburgh, Scotland: E&S Livingstone; 1967:8.