The association of gender concordance and primary care physicians' perceptions of their patients

Women and Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-144

  Gross, Revital ^a   McNeill, Rob ^b   Davis, Peter ^b   Lay Yee, Roy ^b   Jatrana, Santosh ^c   Crampton, Peter ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gender concordance; New Zealand; Perceptions; Physicians; Primary care; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149360998     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802313464     Document Type: Article

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