The role of expectations in preferences of patients for a female or male general practitioner

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Delgado, Ana ^a   López Fernández, Luis Andrés ^a   Luna, Juan de Dios ^b   Saletti Cuesta, Lorena ^a   Gil, Natalia ^c   Jiménez, Mónica ^c  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Family Medicine Teaching Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

Patient's expectations; Patient's preferences; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 78650516576     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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