Physician-patient interaction: A gynecology clinic in Turkey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-215

  Uskul, Ayse K ^a,b   Ahmad, Farah ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gynecology clinic; Physician patient communication; Turkey

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

TURKEY;

EID: 0038632182     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00340-4     Document Type: Article

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