Perceived dominance in physicians: Are female physicians under scrutiny?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Schmid Mast, Marianne ^a   Hall, Judith A ^b   Cronauer, Christina Klöckner ^a   Cousin, Gaëtan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Gender; Nonverbal behavior; Physician patient communication; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOUDNESS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KINESICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953181965     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.06.030     Document Type: Article

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