Factors related to the preference for a female gynecologist

Medical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1975, Pages 782-790

  Haar, Esther ^a   Halitsky, Victor ^b   Stricker, George ^c  

^a Mental Health Service of the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York ^*  (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; MEDICAL SPECIALIST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEW YORK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0016703233     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197509000-00008     Document Type: Article

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