Patient preference for genders of health professionals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1531-1540

  Kerssens, Jan J ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^a   Andela, Margriet G ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Consumers Union ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender; Health professions; Patient preference

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDWIFE; NEUROLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGEON;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0031002801     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00272-9     Document Type: Article

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