Preventive Care for Women -- Does the Sex of the Physician Matter?
Open Access
- 12 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (7) , 478-482
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199308123290707
Abstract
Emphasis on ensuring women's access to preventive health services has increased over the past decade. Relatively little attention has been paid to whether the sex of the physician affects the rates of cancer screening among women. We examined differences between male and female physicians in the frequency of screening mammograms and Pap smears among women patients enrolled in a large Midwestern health plan.Keywords
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