Physician gender and patient care

Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-30

  Arouni, Amy J ^a   Rich, Eugene C ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037247172     PISSN: 15237036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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