Might how you look influence how well you are looked after? A study which demonstrates that GPs perceive socio-economic gradients in attractiveness

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-234

  O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   Steele, Keith ^a   Patterson, Chris ^a   Milsom, Penny ^a   Harte, Pat ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33750312871     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581906778476634     Document Type: Article

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