TY - JOUR T1 - Fear in the Patient with Undiagnosed Symptoms JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology JO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol. SP - 325 LP - 328 VL - 24 IS - 4 AU - Ruth Davidhizar AU - Steven B. Dowd Y1 - 1996/12/01 UR - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/24/4/325.abstract N2 - The effect of fear and anxiety on patients with undiagnosed symptoms is relatively unexplored in the medical literature. Fear can cause patients to react in various ways to the proposed plan of medical evaluation, including resistance or noncompliance. Many patients with undiagnosed symptoms are referred to nuclear medicine departments and technologists must competently perform the tests as well as provide emotional support to the patients. Patient support includes: providing information (patient education), encouraging patients to state their feelings and report symptoms to the physician, and providing a relevant distraction. ER -