Medical professional dominance and client dissatisfaction: A study of doctor-patient interaction and reported dissatisfaction with medical care among female patients at four hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1419-1425

  Phillips, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Patient satisfaction; Professional dominance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0029879914     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00290-1     Document Type: Article

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