Gender inequalities in COPD decision-making in primary care

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-96

  Delgado, Ana ^a   Saletti Cuesta, Lorena ^b   López Fernández, Luis Andrés ^a   Gil Garrido, Natalia ^c   Luna Del Castillo, Juan De Dios ^d  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^b Culture and Society Research and Study Centre ^*  (Argentina)

^c Lavapiés Healthcare Centre   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

COPD; Gender bias; Physicians; Primary care; Primary health care; Sexism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; TOBACCO USE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962406668     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.03.017     Document Type: Article

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