Maternity care and maternal serum screening: Do male and female family physicians care for women differently?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue JUN., 1997, Pages 1078-1084

  Woodward, Christel A ^a   Carroll, June C ^b   Ryan, Greg ^b   Reid, Anthony J ^b   Permaul Woods, Joanne A ^b   Arbitman, Stella ^b   Domb, Sharon B ^b   Fallis, Barbara ^b   Kilthei, Jane ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; WORKLOAD;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031154642     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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