Gender bias in the diagnosis of a geriatric standardized patient: A potential confounding variable

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 392-396

  Lewis, Roya ^a   Lamdan, Ruth M ^b   Wald, David ^c   Curtis, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 39049194498     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.30.5.392     Document Type: Article

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