How female and male physicians’ communication is perceived differently

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1697-1701

  Mast, Marianne Schmid ^a   Kadji, Keou Kambiwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioral adaptability; Gender stereotypes; Patient centered communication; Physician gender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; SEX FACTOR;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85048283945     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.06.003     Document Type: Article

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