The influence of gender on the doctor-patient interaction

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-360

  Bertakis, Klea D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Patient gender; Patient satisfaction; Physician gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68849107831     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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