Influence of patients' gender on informed decision making regarding total knee arthroplasty

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1281-1290

  Borkhoff, Cornelia M ^a   Hawker, Gillian A ^b   Kreder, Hans J ^b   Glazier, Richard H ^c   Mahomed, Nizar N ^b   Wright, James G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED DECISION MAKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM;

EID: 84881348357     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21970     Document Type: Article

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