[The psychosomatic consultation and liaison service. Evaluation, research approach and contribution to education]

Consultation and liaison work is one of the major fast growing fields of psychosomatic medicine in the Federal Republik of Germany. According to basic principles "integration by cooperation or by increasing psychosocial competence", we try to psychologize medicine as practized in the hospital. Results from a psychooncological study shown an urgent need for further research especially concerning process studies. The importance of CL-work for medical students' training is demonstrated with different examples.