Communicating under medical patriarchy: Gendered doctor-patient communication between female patients with overactive bladder and male urologists in Hong Kong

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Siu, Judy Yuen Man ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communication; Female patients; Hong Kong; Male urologists; Overactive bladder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIST; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; UROLOGY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; UROLOGY;

EID: 84930504719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0203-4     Document Type: Article

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