Opposite gender doctor-patient interactions in Iran

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-325

  Tavakol, Mohsen ^a   Rahemei Madeseh, Mohammad ^b   Torabi, Sima ^c   Goode, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheherkord University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c National Road Management Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750982702     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1804_8     Document Type: Article

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