The preference for an endoscopist specific sex: A link between ethnic origin, religious belief, socioeconomic status, and procedure type

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 897-903

  Lahat, Adi ^a   Assouline Dayan, Yehudith ^a   Katz, Lior H ^a   Fidder, Herma H ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; Endoscopy; Patient's preference; Patients' satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOSCOPIST; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84884406332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S48468     Document Type: Article

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