Relative importance of gender in patients' selection of an obstetrics and gynecology provider

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Guile, Matthew W ^a,b,c   Schnatz, Peter F ^b,c   O'Sullivan, David M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34250802661     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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