Do patients view male and female doctors differently?

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 172-177

  Adudu, O P ^a   Adudu, O G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b General Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547450761     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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