Gender Disparities in Clinical Decision Making

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 559-562

 

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANCER; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; FEMALES; MALES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELECTION FOR TREATMENT; SELECTION OF SUBJECTS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL WORTH; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RESEARCH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025816254     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470040123034     Document Type: Article

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