'What's in a face?' the role of doctor ethnicity, age and gender in the formation of patients' judgements: An experimental study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Shah, Reena ^a   Ogden, Jane ^b  

^a Elthorne Park Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Doctor's ethnicity; Gender; Patient's stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 31344436965     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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