Why do some women refuse to allow male residents to perform pelvic exams?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1034-1038

  Rifkin, Julie I ^a,b,e   Shapiro, Howard ^b   Regensteiner, Judith G ^a   Stotler, Jeanne K ^c   Schmidt, Betty ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Highlands Presbyterian St Luke's Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood   (United States)

^d Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 0036794183     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200210000-00020     Document Type: Article

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