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The influence of gender on the doctor-patient interaction
Patient Education and Counselling, 08/05/09

Bertakis KD – There are significant differences in the practice style behaviors of female and male doctors. Female doctors provide more preventive services and psychosocial counseling; male doctors spend more time on technical practice behaviors, such as medical history taking and physical examination. The patients of female doctors are more satisfied, even after adjusting for patient characteristics and physician practice style. Female patients make more medical visits and have higher total annual medical charges; their visits include more preventive services, less physical examination, and fewer discussions about tobacco, alcohol and other substance abuse (controlling for health status and sociodemographic variables). The examination of gender concordant and discordant doctor–patient dyads provides a unique strategy for assessing the effect of gender on what takes place during the medical visit.

Patient-provider communication and low-income adults: Age, race, literacy, and optimism predict communication satisfaction
Patient Education and Counselling, 11/04/09 Relevance Score: 64%

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Clinical Therapeutics, 10/15/09 Relevance Score: 47%

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