Qualities and attributes desired in menopause clinicians

Maturitas

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-189

  Schnatz, Peter F ^a,b   Johnson, Amy M ^a,b   O'Sullivan, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Gender preferences; Medical education; Menopause clinics; Qualities and attributes of clinicians; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICIAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WAITING ROOM; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846117489     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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