Disciplined doctors: Does the sex of a doctor matter? A cross-sectional study examining the association between a doctor's sex and receiving sanctions against their medical registration

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Unwin, Emily ^a   Woolf, Katherine ^a   Wadlow, Clare ^a   Dacre, Jane ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84905824224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005405     Document Type: Article

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