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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2007 Dec;69(9):850–854. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815b00e7

TABLE 1.

Epistemology: Reconciling Objective Findings With Subjective Complaints

Subjective Complaints Objective Findings
Present Absent
Present “Ideal” disease Undiagnosed disease somatoform
Absent Occult disease denial or stoicism No disease