Do women prefer a female breast surgeon?

• Main Authors: Asnat Groutz (Author), Hadar Amir (Author), Revital Caspi (Author), Eran Sharon (Author), Yifat Amir Levy (Author), Mordechai Shimonov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Patient preferences regarding the gender of their physicians is a highly sensitive issue, which can be particularly salient in intimate medical situations. Previously published studies found that women tend to prefer female physicians, especially in the case of obstetricians and...