Importance of gender, socioeconomic status, and history of abuse on patient preference for endoscopist

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-348

  Schneider, Alison ^a   Kanagarajan, Nandhakumar ^a   Anjelly, David ^a   Reynolds, James C ^a   Ahmad, Asyia ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ABUSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749092092     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2008.96     Document Type: Article

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