Beyond Credentials: The Effect of Physician Sex and Specialty on How Physicians Are Perceived

Current Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Noori, Kamyar ^a   Weseley, Allyson J ^a  

^a Roslyn High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical specialty; Physician perceptions; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961165684     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-011-9116-z     Document Type: Article

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