Dentist-assistant communication style: Perceived gender differences in The Netherlands and Northern Ireland

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-140

  Gorter, Ronald C ^a   Freeman, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural sciences; Communication; Gender studies; Practice management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTISTS; DENTISTS, WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 15944428610     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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