Gender bias in physician's management of neck pain: A study of the answers in a Swedish National Examination

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 653-665

  Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Risberg, Gunilla ^a   Johansson, Eva E ^a   Westman, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NECK PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; BEHAVIOR; DRIVER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344497921     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460902760360595     Document Type: Article

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