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- Subject: Women Doctors
- Message-ID: <92361.102433MIWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 15:24:33 GMT
- Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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- I am looking for any sort of data/statistics on how patients feel about
- women doctors. As yet, I have found nothing. I get the impression that both
- older men and women prefer men doctors, middle-aged men prefer men doctors,
- middle-aged women prefer women doctors and both younger men and younger
- women prefer women doctors.
- These are only impressions I have received from speaking with various
- women doctors about their patients. Obviously, the fact that women are finally
- becoming doctors in much greater numbers must have something to do with this,
- but I am more interested with the quality of the medical care.
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- It seems that the rate of malpractice suits are lower for women, but
- again, I need data. I also get the impression from speaking with various
- women dentists, physicians, optometrists and surgeons that women seem to be
- much more concerned with the patient's fear, comfort, and general well-being,
- while the male doctors I've spoken with seem to talk more about their
- technique and various difficult cases. Again, no data.
- Thank You in Advance.
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- --- Michael Wofsey
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