"Doctor" or "doctora": Do patients care?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 515-517

  Waseem, Muhammad ^a   Ryan, Mary ^a  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Gender preference; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23944467348     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000175450.31040.df     Document Type: Article

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