Do people prefer general practitioners of the same sex?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Bourke, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036782628     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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